loom

verb

/luːm/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they loom	/luːm/ /luːm/
he / she / it looms	/luːmz/ /luːmz/
past simple loomed	/luːmd/ /luːmd/
past participle loomed	/luːmd/ /luːmd/
-ing form looming	/ˈluːmɪŋ/ /ˈluːmɪŋ/

Idioms

[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening way赫然耸现；（尤指）令人惊恐地隐现
- A dark shape loomed up ahead of us.一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
- Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog in front of him.幽灵般的身影从他面前的雾中隐约出现。
- He loomed above her.他隐约出现在她上方。
- The tower loomed over the city.这座塔隐约出现在城市上空。
- A figure loomed in the doorway.一个人影隐约出现在门口。
- Dizzying walls of rock loomed on either side of them.令人眼花缭乱的石墙隐约出现在他们的两侧。
- Something huge and black loomed out of the mist.一个巨大的黑糊糊的东西从薄雾中隐隐出现。
[intransitive] (of something bad坏事) to appear serious and and likely to happen soon显得突出；逼近
- There was a crisis looming.危机迫在眉睫。
- A new threat is now looming on the horizon.一个新的威胁正在逼近。
- Further problems loomed ahead of us.更多的问题摆在我们面前。
- The day of the election loomed ever closer.选举日越来越近了。

词源verb mid 16th cent.: probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with East Frisian lōmen ‘move slowly’, Middle High German lüemen ‘be weary’.

Idioms

loom large

to be frightening and make you worried because something seems hard to avoid令人忧虑，令人惊恐（并似乎难以避免）
- The prospect of war loomed large.战争的阴影在逼近，令人忧虑。
- The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide.这个问题在全国的政治活动中显得很突出。