1 VERB （庞然大物或形状模糊之物）耸现，出现 If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way. （庞然大物或形状模糊之物）耸现，出现 [Also VERB]
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Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone. [VERB prep./adv.]
文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。
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...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us. [VERB prep./adv.]
黑暗中若隐若现、耸立在我们四周的荒山
SYN appear, emerge, hover, take shape
2 VERB 迫近；逼近；即将爆发 If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon. 迫近；逼近；即将爆发 [journalism]
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Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States. [VERB]
另一场政府开支危机在美国一触即发。
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The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead. [VERB adv./prep.]
内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。
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...the looming threat of recession. [VERB-ing]
日益迫近的经济衰退的威胁
SYN threaten, be close, menace, be imminent
3 PHRASE [VERB inflects] （尤指问题或忧虑）挥之不去，萦绕心中，显得突出 If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important. （尤指问题或忧虑）挥之不去，萦绕心中，显得突出
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...the terrible problem of armed crime now looming large in our society.
已日渐成为我们当今社会一块心病的严重的持械犯罪问题
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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。
4 N-COUNT 织机；织布机 A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth. 织机；织布机
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