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loom 音标拼音: [l'um] n. 织布机,若隐若现的景象
vi. 朦胧地出现,隐约可见,可怖地出现 织布机,若隐若现的景象朦胧地出现,隐约可见,可怖地出现 loom n 1: a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1: come into view indistinctly, often threateningly; " Another air plane loomed into the sky" 2: appear very large or occupy a commanding position; " The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; " Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [ synonym: { loom}, { tower}, { predominate}, { hulk}] 3: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; " The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [ synonym: { brood}, { hover}, { loom}, { bulk large}] 4: weave on a loom; " materials loomed in Egypt" Loom \ Loom\ ( l[= oo] m), n. ( Zool.) See { Loon}, the bird. [ 1913 Webster]
Loom \ Loom\ ( l[= oo] m), n. [ OE. lome, AS. gel[= o] ma utensil, implement.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. [ 1913 Webster] Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff. -- Rambler. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Naut.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock. -- Totten. [ 1913 Webster]
Loom \ Loom\, n. The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea. [ 1913 Webster]
Loom \ Loom\ ( l[= oo] m), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Loomed} ( l[= oo] md); p. pr. & vb. n. { Looming}.] [ OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. le[' i] ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. [ root] 122. See { Light} not dark.] 1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high. [ 1913 Webster] Awful she looms, the terror of the main. -- H. J. Pye. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. [ 1913 Webster] On no occasion does he [ Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context. -- J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To become imminent; to impend. [ PJC] 157 Moby Thesaurus words for " loom": anticipate, appear, approach, arise, ascend, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be in store, be to be, be to come, become manifest, become visible, braid, brew, bulk, bulk large, come, come forth, come forward, come in sight, come on, come out, come to hand, come to light, come up, coming, confront, crop out, curl upwards, dominate, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, emerge, enlace, enter, entwine, exceed, expect, face, fade in, foresee, foretell, forthcome, forthcoming, futurity, gather, go up, grow up, hand loom, hang over, heave in sight, hope, hover, hover over, immediate future, imminence, impend, impendence, impendency, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, issue, issue forth, knit, knitting machine, lace, levitate, lie ahead, lie over, look for, look forth, look forward to, loom large, loop, lower, make up, mat, materialize, menace, mount, near, near future, net, noose, outcrop, outsoar, outstrip, overhang, overshadow, overtop, peep out, plait, plan, pleach, plot, predict, predominate, project, prophesy, raddle, rear, rear its head, rear up, rise, rise above, rise up, see the light, show, show up, shuttle, soar, spiral, spire, splice, stand out, stand up, stream forth, strike the eye, surface, surge, swarm up, sweep up, take form, take shape, threaten, tissue, tower, tower above, transcend, turn up, twill, twine, twist, up, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uprise, upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upwind, wattle, weave, weaver, web, wreathe
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