loom

🇬🇧 UK/lu:m/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To appear as a large, vague, or threatening shape; (of an event) to seem imminent and worrying.

隐约出现;迫近;显得威胁

n.

A machine used for weaving thread or yarn into cloth.

织布机

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
loomother
=loom

Common Collocations

  • 1.loom ahead在前方隐约出现
  • 2.loom large显得巨大
  • 3.loom in view进入视野

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Dark storm clouds loomed on the horizon, threatening heavy rain.

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