loomed

英 [luːmd]

美 [luːmd]

v.  赫然耸现; (尤指)令人惊恐地隐现; 显得突出; 逼近
loom的过去分词和过去式

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.

双语例句

• Some hills loomed in the distance.
  远处影影绰绰地有一些小山。
• The students began to panic as the date of the examination loomed large.
  随着考试日期的逼近，学生们开始紧张起来了。
• A fifth country, which was not represented in the Doha negotiating room, appears to have loomed large over the talks.
  并没有出现在多哈谈判现场的第五个国家，似乎对谈判也产生了巨大影响。
• A warship loomed up through the heavy fog.
  大雾中隐隐出现了一艘军舰。
• The great house loomed up ahead of them.
  大屋赫然耸现在他们面前。
• An expression of horror crossed their faces as I loomed into view.
  当我蓦地出现时，他们脸上露出一丝恐怖的表情。
• Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
  当败象已呈时，芭芭拉看上去越来越沮丧。
• Distress, if not penury, loomed in the distance.
  如果说还不会马上贫穷，那么烦恼已经在不远的地方出现了。
• And overall economic growth started to fall away as trouble loomed.
  当问题隐约浮现时，总体经济增长开始逐渐放缓。
• A dark bank of cloud loomed on the horizon.
  天边地平线上隐约出现一堆乌云。