loom

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n. 织布机, 若隐若现的景象 vi. 朦胧地出现, 隐约可见, 可怕地出现

发音

UK /luːm/
US /lum/

词形变化

looms 复数 loomed looming looms 三单 looms looming 现在分词 loomed 过去式 loomed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

可怕地出现；朦胧地出现；隐约可见

动词

在织布机上织

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.

    heirloom, workloom

  2. 2.

    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.

    织机

    织布机

    纺机

    January 8, 1751, Samuel Johnson, "The Mischiefs of Total Idleness" in The Rambler Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.

  3. 3.

    The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.

  4. 1.

    loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)

    过时
  5. 1.

    A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.

    不及物
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.

    不及物

    The clouds loomed over the mountains.

  2. 2.

    To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.

    逼近

    朦胧地出现

    比喻 不及物
  3. 3.

    To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

    比喻 不及物

词汇关系

名词

下位词 4

handloom jacquard Jacquard loom power loom
动词

同义词 6

tower hulk hover brood predominate bulk large

上位词 9

look seem hang lift rise appear tissue rear weave

下位词 3

eclipse dominate overshadow

相关短语

loom large 显得突出 loom band loom bands loom ahead loom weight power loom 力织机 needle loom wiring loom satinet loom Jacquard loom 提花机；[纺] 提花织机 hog loom blessing loom

词源

From Middle English lome, from Old English *lōma, ġelōma (“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect”) (also as andlōma, andġelōma, andlama (“utensil, instrument, implement, tool, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *lōmō, *lamō (“tool, utensil”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch alaam, allaam (“tool, household ware or good, appliance”), from Middle Dutch andlame. Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use, thing repeatedly needed", in which case, akin to Old English ġelōme (“often, frequently, continually, repeatedly”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *lōmiz, *lōmijaz (“lame, halt”), from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to break, soften”). Compare Old High German giluomo, kilōmo (“often, frequently”), Old High German luomen (“to wear out, fatigue”), Old High German *luomī (as in gastluomī (“hospitality”), Old English lama (“lame”). See lame. Outside Proto-Germanic cognate with Russian ломи́ть (lomítʹ, “to break”), лома́ть (lomátʹ, “to break, to fracture”), ле́мех (lémex, “ploughshare”). Compare typologically Serbo-Croatian ра́збо̄ј (“loom (weaving frame)”) akin to ра̀збити (“to break, to smash, to crack”).

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