Loom



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解释

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• n.织布机;v. ( 威胁性) 隐约出现
• ［英］ 隐约出现 ( to appear, take place, or come in sight indistinctly as through a mist, esp. in a large, portentous, or threatening form)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English lome tool, loom, from Old English gelōma tool; akin to Middle Dutch allame tool
• Date: 15th century
• a frame or machine for interlacing at right angles two or more sets of threads or yarns to form a cloth

II. intransitive verb

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: circa 1541
• 1. to come into sight in enlarged or distorted and indistinct form often as a result of atmospheric conditions
• 2.
  • a. to appear in an impressively great or exaggerated form <deficits loomed large>
  • b. to take shape as an impending occurrence

III. noun

• Date: 1836
• the indistinct and exaggerated appearance of something seen on the horizon or through fog or darkness; also a looming shadow or reflection

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