loom

英 [luːm]

美 [luːm]

v.  赫然耸现; (尤指)令人惊恐地隐现; 显得突出; 逼近
n.  织布机

过去式：loomed　第三人称单数：looms　现在分词：looming　复数：looms　过去分词：loomed　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6042 / COCA.5292

同义词辨析

appearariseemergeloomshow【导航词义：出现】

习惯用语

v.

loom large
• 令人忧虑，令人惊恐（并似乎难以避免）
  to be worrying or frightening and seem hard to avoid
• The prospect of war loomed large.
  战争的阴影在逼近，令人忧虑。

牛津词典

verb

• 赫然耸现；（尤指）令人惊恐地隐现
  to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening or threatening way
  1. A dark shape loomed up ahead of us.
     一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
• 显得突出；逼近
  to appear important or threatening and likely to happen soon
  1. There was a crisis looming.
     危机迫在眉睫。

noun

• 织布机
  a machine for making cloth by twisting threads between other threads which go in a different direction

柯林斯词典

• VERB （庞然大物或形状模糊之物）耸现，出现
  If somethinglooms overyou, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
  1. Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
     文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。
  2. ...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.
     黑暗中若隐若现、耸立在我们四周的荒山
• VERB 迫近；逼近；即将爆发
  If a worrying or threatening situation or eventis looming, it seems likely to happen soon.
  1. Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States...
     另一场政府开支危机在美国一触即发。
  2. The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
     内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。
  3. ...the looming threat of recession.
     日益迫近的经济衰退的威胁
• PHRASE （尤指问题或忧虑）挥之不去，萦绕心中，显得突出
  If something, especially a problem or worrylooms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
  1. ...the terrible problem of armed crime now looming large in our society...
     已日渐成为我们当今社会一块心病的严重的持械犯罪问题
  2. As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia's domestic politics.
     这种紧张关系的不断加剧使其在俄罗斯国内政治中愈发凸显。
• 织机；织布机
  Aloomis a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.

英英释义

noun

• a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

verb

• weave on a loom
  1. materials loomed in Egypt
• appear very large or occupy a commanding position
  1. The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain
  2. Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall
  Synonym:towerpredominatehulk
• come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
  1. Another air plane loomed into the sky
• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
  1. The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
  Synonym:broodhoverbulk large

双语例句

• Back rest system of loom is the main equipment of controlling the warp tension and sheld location.
  喷气织机后梁系统是控制经纱张力和梭口位置的重要装置。
• Intermediate between the jacquard and the cam looms is the dobby loom; this loom is one on which small geometric and regular figures can be woven.
  处于提花织机和凸轮开口织机之间的是多臂织机，这种织机可以织造小的几何图案和有规则的花型。
• In my loom I have a half-finished web of soft linen.
  在我的织布机上有一块细软麻布，已经织了一半。
• The working principle and processing parameter adjusting thought of hand sample rapier loom were analyzed.
  分析了剑杆小样织机的工作原理和工艺参数调节思路。
• The spinning jenny and the power loom had made it possible to turn the cotton fiber into cloth quickly.
  纺纱机和动力织布机使人们能迅速将棉花纤维转变成布。
• He had a tapestry loom in his bedroom so that he could weave early in the morning.
  他寝室中有一台挂毯织机，这样他一清早就可以编织。
• As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia's domestic politics.
  这种紧张关系的不断加剧使其在俄罗斯国内政治中愈发凸显。
• Withthis system the range of the loom weaving enlarged then high added value produced can be woven.
  扩大了纬纱的适应范围，可织造出较高附加值的产品。
• Design and Application of Weft Selecting Interface Off-line in Water-jet Loom
  喷水织机选纬离线采集接口方法的设计和应用
• Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States
  另一场政府开支危机在美国一触即发。