appear, emerge, show, loom

名詞 loom:

1. a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

動詞 loom:

1. come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
2. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
   同義詞：tower, predominate, hulk
3. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
   同義詞：brood, hover, bulk large

1. I don't know how to use a hand loom.
   我不知道怎樣使用手工織布機。
2. The mountainous island loomed on the horizon.
   那座巨大的島嶼隱隱約約浮現(xiàn)在地平線上。
3. The convention looms as political battle.
   這場大會將是一場政治角斗。

loom

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
loomed,loom.ing,looms
To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image.See Synonyms at appear
隱約地出現(xiàn)：以龐大的、扭曲的或不清晰的形象出現(xiàn)在視野中參見 appear
To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form:
赫然聳現(xiàn)：以放大的和有威脅性的形象出現(xiàn)在意識中：
例句：
.Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 930-933.(Robert Conquest)
.斯大林赫然聳現(xiàn)在930—933年整個人類的悲劇中.(羅伯特·康奎斯特)

To seem imminent; impend:
迫在眉睫：看似即將發(fā)生；迫近：
例句：
Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed.
革命已迫在眉睫，但貴族們并未加以注意

n.（名詞）
A distorted, threatening appearance of something, as through fog or darkness.
某物扭曲、有威脅性的出現(xiàn)，如穿過云霧或黑暗

來源：
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin]
[可能源于斯堪的納維亞語]

loom
loom 2

n.（名詞）
An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.
織機：一種將線或紗以正確的角度織成布的機器

來源：
Middle English lome
中古英語 lome
from Old English gelôma [tool]
源自 古英語 gelôma [工具]
ge- [collective pref.] * see yclept
ge- [集合選擇] *參見 yclept
-lôma [tool]
-lôma [工具]
as in andlôman [tools]
如在 andlôman [工具]