loom

英 [luːm]美 [lum]
  • n. 织布机；若隐若现的景象
  • vi. 可怕地出现；朦胧地出现；隐约可见
  • vt. 在织布机上织
  • n. (Loom)人名；(瑞典)洛姆
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助记提示

1. loo + m => 100 + m => 从 100 米的距离渐渐逼近 => 若隐若现地出现。

中文词源

loom 织布机，传家宝

来自古英语geloma,ge-,表强调，-loma,工具，仪器，引申词义宝贝，老二，传家宝，后词义固定为织布机，见heirloom.

loom 逼近，赫然耸现

词源不详，可能来自lame,跛的，引申词义慢的，突然出现的。

英文词源

loom (n.)
weaving machine, Old English geloma "utensil, tool," from ge-, perfective prefix, + -loma, of unknown origin (compare Old English andloman (plural) "apparatus, furniture"). Originally "implement or tool of any kind" (as in heirloom); thus, "the penis" (c. 1400-1600). Specific meaning "a machine in which yarn or thread is woven into fabric" is from c. 1400.
loom (v.)
1540s, "to come into view largely and indistinctly," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Swedish loma, East Frisian lomen "move slowly"), perhaps a variant from the root of lame (adj.). Early used also of ships moving up and down. Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Loomed; looming.

双语例句

1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The old woman was weaving on her loom.
那位老太太正在织布机上织布.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He turned away from the messenger to work at his loom again.
他撇下那两个捎口信的来者,又去织布.
来自辞典例句
4. These countries loom big in the perspectives of European writers.
这些国家在欧洲作者们的心目中是庞大逼人的.
来自辞典例句
5. In my loom I have a half - finished web of soft linen.
在我的织布机上有一块细软麻布,已经织了一半.
来自辞典例句