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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292

loom

verb
 
/luːm/
/luːm/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they loom
/luːm/
/luːm/
he / she / it looms
/luːmz/
/luːmz/
past simple loomed
/luːmd/
/luːmd/
past participle loomed
/luːmd/
/luːmd/
-ing form looming
/ˈluːmɪŋ/
/ˈluːmɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening way赫然聳現；（尤指）令人驚恐地隐現
    • A dark shape loomed up ahead of us.一個黑糊糊的影子隐隐出現在我們的前面。
    Extra Examples
    • Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog in front of him.幽靈般的身影從他面前的霧中隐約出現。
    • He loomed above her.他隐約出現在她上方。
    • The tower loomed over the city.這座塔隐約出現在城市上空。
    • A figure loomed in the doorway.一個人影隐約出現在門口。
    • Dizzying walls of rock loomed on either side of them.令人眼花缭亂的石牆隐約出現在他們的兩側。
    • Something huge and black loomed out of the mist.一個巨大的黑糊糊的東西從薄霧中隐隐出現。
  2.  
    [intransitive] (of something bad壞事) to appear serious and and likely to happen soon顯得突出；逼近
    • There was a crisis looming.危機迫在眉睫。
    Extra Examples
    • A new threat is now looming on the horizon.一個新的威脅正在逼近。
    • Further problems loomed ahead of us.更多的問題擺在我們面前。
    • The day of the election loomed ever closer.選舉日越來越近了。
    3. Word Originverb mid 16th cent.: probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with East Frisian lōmen ‘move slowly’, Middle High German lüemen ‘be weary’.
Idioms
loom large
  1. to be frightening and make you worried because something seems hard to avoid令人憂慮，令人驚恐（並似乎難以避免）
    • The prospect of war loomed large.戰爭的陰影在逼近，令人憂慮。
    • The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide.這個問題在全國的政治活動中顯得很突出。

loom

noun
/luːm/
/luːm/
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  1. a machine for making cloth by crossing threads over and under other threads that go in a different direction織布機
    Word Originnoun Old English gelōma ‘tool’, shortened to lome in Middle English.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292
loom verb
⇨ appear
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292
loom
To appear and appearance: appear, resurface, emerge...
To be certain or likely to happen: await, threaten, be heading/headed for something...
Spinning, weaving and basketry: basketry, basketwork, cane...

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