- To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image.See Synonyms at appear 隐约地出现：以庞大的、扭曲的或不清晰的形象出现在视野中 参见 appear
- To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form:赫然耸现：以放大的和有威胁性的形象出现在意识中："Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 1930-1933"(Robert Conquest)“斯大林赫然耸现在1930—1933年整个人类的悲剧中”(罗伯特·康奎斯特)
- To seem imminent; impend:迫在眉睫：看似即将发生；迫近：Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed.革命已迫在眉睫，但贵族们并未加以注意
- A distorted, threatening appearance of something, as through fog or darkness.某物扭曲、有威胁性的出现，如穿过云雾或黑暗
- [Perhaps of Scandinavian origin] [可能源于斯堪的纳维亚语]
loom
- An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.织机：一种将线或纱以正确的角度织成布的机器
- Middle English lome 中古英语 lome
- from Old English gelōma [tool] 源自 古英语 gelōma [工具]
- ge- [collective pref.] * see yclept ge- [集合选择] * 参见 yclept
- -lōma [tool] -lōma [工具]
- as in andlōman [tools] 如在 andlōman [工具]