looms

英 [luːmz]

美 [luːmz]

v.  赫然耸现; (尤指)令人惊恐地隐现; 显得突出; 逼近
n.  织布机
loom的第三人称单数和复数

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

• No, I am not talking about the subprime meltdown and the possible recession that looms on the horizon.
  不，我并不在说垮台的次级房债和可能到来的全球性经济不景气。
• As the people and country of China rise in wealth, a corresponding downturn always looms in the balance.
  在中国和她的人民的财富逐渐积累时，作为平衡，我们总是看到可能出现的低迷。
• Study of Web-based Remote Monitoring System on the Air-jet Looms
  基于Web的喷气织机远程监测系统的研究
• That factory has ten looms.
  那家工厂有十台织布机。
• The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
  内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。
• Worm-and-double-roller steering gear Rapier looms are made in a variety of types.
  蜗杆双滚轮式转向机构剑杆织机的种类很多。
• A first-class worker, she operated the difficult Jacquard looms.
  她技艺高超，操作着复杂的提花织布机。
• All of these will greatly improve the weavability of bamboo fiber yarn and efficiency of looms.
  由此可极大地改善竹纤维纱线的可织性，提高织机效率。
• Use: rapier, projectile, air-jet and water-jet looms.
  适配机型：剑杆、片梭、喷气、喷水织机。
• 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。