loom1
noun luːmlum
An apparatus for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread.
织机- During the 19th century a number of machines such as looms and lathes became increasingly self-regulating.
- Soft and light, the sari is woven on specially designed looms.
- Textiles were traditionally produced on large looms in a time-consuming process but this is rare today.
- Downstairs were the looms and the spinning wheels, the floor covered in scraps of cloth and piles of wool.
- Two of the most prestigious silk cloths are also woven on looms fitted with a flying shuttle.
- Weaving is a traditional art, the cloth being woven on narrow looms.
- Women prepared and preserved food, made medicines, and used spinning wheels, looms, and needles to turn wool and flax into clothing.
- By the eve of the Revolution, eighty to ninety percent of rural households owned spinning wheels, and almost half owned looms.
- Entire families worked together, weaving their magic on spinning wheels and looms.
- They supply traditional spinning wheels and looms, the cafe is set in the historic Mill House, hand crafted products are sold in the shop and the food in the cafe is all handmade.
- I told him a bit about the fabric: how it was derived from cotton spun on mechanical looms, but I didn't explain the details of the process.
- If this works, wiring will be woven into the fabric on the company's looms and then sensors will be attached after the garments are completed.
- The hill tribes of Cambodia weave their traditional colorful clothing on homemade looms.
- Similarly, Indian women are the only ones who weave on backstrap or stick looms, while both Indian and Ladino men weave on foot looms.
- I pulled up everything I could find on the laptop pertaining to weaving, textiles, looms and spinning.
- A few mills had looms on the property, but most weavers wove at home.
- Their elaborate fabrics, woven on looms from cotton and alpaca wool, are known today because they were used in a type of mummification process.
- They set up their looms and spinning wheels in a back-to-the-future type stunt to raise awareness of their crafts.
- Both men and women weave, using different types of looms.
- We know that they hunted animals with bows and arrows and that they wove textiles using looms.
Origin
Old English gelōma 'tool', shortened to lome in Middle English.
Rhymes
abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom
loom2
verb luːmlum
1no object, with adverbial Appear as a vague form, especially one that is large or threatening.
（尤指形状模糊的庞然大物）阴森森地出现vehicles loomed out of the darkness汽车从黑暗中阴森森地出现了。
- As we swam to the first buoy, we noticed strange shapes looming up at us from beneath the surface.
- Clouds loomed ominously over the beach on Saturday, but the rain stayed away.
- Before I could reply though, a figure loomed up in front of us.
- Before I lost consciousness, I saw a dark figure looming in the distance.
- By nightfall the tall dark handsome pines loomed ominously overhead.
- They stood outside the door and looked at the great dark castle looming ominously before them.
- The air was cold, and damp with the promise of rain, as clouds still loomed dangerously overhead.
- The manor house loomed large in the distance, a shadow in the sky to block the stars.
- There was always some haunting sadness about her, like a shadow looming darkly behind her.
- A mountain loomed up in the distance as she began to slow down once more.
- Mountains loom in the distance and Bilbo thinks they must be near their destination.
- After a few hours of driving an extremely large mountain started looming into view.
- A man's shadow loomed out of the darkness in front of her; he held a stubby candle.
- They saw the flashes of lightning within the dark cloud looming ahead of them.
- There was a silhouette emerging out of the mist, looming like an ocean liner.
- A mountain loomed up ahead and Wiley knew she couldn't steer the plane around it.
- Against the dull, grey sky, a selection of dark shapes loomed before Blaze.
- We followed in that direction and suddenly the great white clock loomed large, lit up and glowing against the darkness.
- I saw the large ski lodge looming out of the darkness before me.
- A dark shape loomed before him and he fell backwards, giving a yelp of dismay at his outline.
emerge, appear, become visible, come into view, take shape, materialize, reveal itself, appear indistinctly, come to light, take on a threatening shape- 1.1no object (of an event regarded as threatening) seem about to happen.（不祥之事）似将发生there is a crisis looming
危机似将来到。
dearer mortgages loomed large last night昨天晚上，关于购房抵押贷款的成本要上涨的消息闹得沸沸扬扬。
- Another giant threat looms for public sector workers.
- However, those same predictions can whip us into frenzy if the fateful deadline looms ahead.
- He saw a great crisis looming and announced judgement and the opportunity to repent.
- Despite police alerting people on the new rule, uncertainty loomed large on city roads till afternoon.
- With the elections looming large, his government is fighting to keep energy prices under control.
- Once well-deserved celebrations waned, the daunting task of finding a space loomed large.
- However he does acknowledge that global warming is looming as a significant threat to the reef.
- The Bureau of Meteorology warned authorities on January 15 that a disaster was looming.
- In the meantime however, an unholy war looms close at hand.
- Indeed, even if trouble appears to be looming, the share price may have already factored it in.
- When ticket sales are poor and disaster looms he promises something a little extra.
- "There is a housing crisis looming and we're just about in it.
- Exams were looming at the end of the academic year, which Chig knew he was bound to fail.
- "Oh no, we have to be going, " Nicholas said, the threat looming in his mind.
- But with a general election looming on the horizon, the ruling group will not risk division in its ranks.
- My sense is that the probability of such an event looms nearer and grows larger with each passing day.
- A bigger threat may loom on the media landscape.
- Fail to budget properly, managers are warned, and insolvency looms around the corner.
- But she didn't return to art as an adult until a crisis loomed.
- The deadlines loomed closer, and I did nothing to prepare for them.
be imminent, be on the horizon, impend, be impending, be close, be ominously close, threaten, be threatening, menace, brew, be just around the corner
noun luːmlum
1A vague and often exaggerated first appearance of an object seen in darkness or fog, especially at sea.
（尤指海上物体在黑暗或浓雾中的）隐隐显现the loom of the land渐渐显现的陆地。
- His memoirs state that he was "conscious of the loom of the land about 3 am", little more than an hour before the landing.
- From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see the loom of the opposite houses.
- 1.1 The dim reflection by cloud or haze of a light which is not directly visible, e.g. from a lighthouse over the horizon.（云或霾等将不能直接见到的光折射出来的）暗影，上现蜃景
- You may observe the glow or loom of the lighthouse before you see the light of the lighthouse's lantern.
- Thousands pay homage every year and the loom of its light is a sight for seafarers' eyes.
- The loom of the lighthouse flashed across the sky. The waves moved back and forth across the jagged rocks, gradually becoming larger and more menacing.
- Rock, nothing but ocean waves for another 170 miles until the loom of the Fastnet light lifts above the horizon.
- In the distance, straight ahead off the bow, I could see the loom of the green five-second light of the Block Island lighthouse.
Origin
Mid 16th century: probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with East Frisian lōmen 'move slowly', Middle High German lüemen 'be weary'.
loom1
nounlo͞omlum
An apparatus for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread.
织机- Soft and light, the sari is woven on specially designed looms.
- Their elaborate fabrics, woven on looms from cotton and alpaca wool, are known today because they were used in a type of mummification process.
- Downstairs were the looms and the spinning wheels, the floor covered in scraps of cloth and piles of wool.
- They supply traditional spinning wheels and looms, the cafe is set in the historic Mill House, hand crafted products are sold in the shop and the food in the cafe is all handmade.
- If this works, wiring will be woven into the fabric on the company's looms and then sensors will be attached after the garments are completed.
- They set up their looms and spinning wheels in a back-to-the-future type stunt to raise awareness of their crafts.
- A few mills had looms on the property, but most weavers wove at home.
- Both men and women weave, using different types of looms.
- We know that they hunted animals with bows and arrows and that they wove textiles using looms.
- Similarly, Indian women are the only ones who weave on backstrap or stick looms, while both Indian and Ladino men weave on foot looms.
- Textiles were traditionally produced on large looms in a time-consuming process but this is rare today.
- I pulled up everything I could find on the laptop pertaining to weaving, textiles, looms and spinning.
- The hill tribes of Cambodia weave their traditional colorful clothing on homemade looms.
- Entire families worked together, weaving their magic on spinning wheels and looms.
- During the 19th century a number of machines such as looms and lathes became increasingly self-regulating.
- Women prepared and preserved food, made medicines, and used spinning wheels, looms, and needles to turn wool and flax into clothing.
- By the eve of the Revolution, eighty to ninety percent of rural households owned spinning wheels, and almost half owned looms.
- Weaving is a traditional art, the cloth being woven on narrow looms.
- Two of the most prestigious silk cloths are also woven on looms fitted with a flying shuttle.
- I told him a bit about the fabric: how it was derived from cotton spun on mechanical looms, but I didn't explain the details of the process.
Origin
Old English gelōma ‘tool’, shortened to lome in Middle English.
loom2
verblumlo͞om
1no object, with adverbial Appear as a shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening.
（尤指形状模糊的庞然大物）阴森森地出现vehicles loomed out of the darkness汽车从黑暗中阴森森地出现了。
- There was a silhouette emerging out of the mist, looming like an ocean liner.
- By nightfall the tall dark handsome pines loomed ominously overhead.
- The manor house loomed large in the distance, a shadow in the sky to block the stars.
- We followed in that direction and suddenly the great white clock loomed large, lit up and glowing against the darkness.
- Before I lost consciousness, I saw a dark figure looming in the distance.
- There was always some haunting sadness about her, like a shadow looming darkly behind her.
- Before I could reply though, a figure loomed up in front of us.
- Against the dull, grey sky, a selection of dark shapes loomed before Blaze.
- The air was cold, and damp with the promise of rain, as clouds still loomed dangerously overhead.
- I saw the large ski lodge looming out of the darkness before me.
- After a few hours of driving an extremely large mountain started looming into view.
- They stood outside the door and looked at the great dark castle looming ominously before them.
- As we swam to the first buoy, we noticed strange shapes looming up at us from beneath the surface.
- Clouds loomed ominously over the beach on Saturday, but the rain stayed away.
- They saw the flashes of lightning within the dark cloud looming ahead of them.
- A mountain loomed up in the distance as she began to slow down once more.
- A dark shape loomed before him and he fell backwards, giving a yelp of dismay at his outline.
- A man's shadow loomed out of the darkness in front of her; he held a stubby candle.
- A mountain loomed up ahead and Wiley knew she couldn't steer the plane around it.
- Mountains loom in the distance and Bilbo thinks they must be near their destination.
emerge, appear, become visible, come into view, take shape, materialize, reveal itself, appear indistinctly, come to light, take on a threatening shape- 1.1 (of an event regarded as ominous or threatening) seem about to happen.（不祥之事）似将发生there is a crisis looming
危机似将来到。
higher mortgage rates loomed large last night昨天晚上，关于购房抵押贷款的成本要上涨的消息闹得沸沸扬扬。
- Despite police alerting people on the new rule, uncertainty loomed large on city roads till afternoon.
- However he does acknowledge that global warming is looming as a significant threat to the reef.
- But she didn't return to art as an adult until a crisis loomed.
- However, those same predictions can whip us into frenzy if the fateful deadline looms ahead.
- The deadlines loomed closer, and I did nothing to prepare for them.
- Once well-deserved celebrations waned, the daunting task of finding a space loomed large.
- "There is a housing crisis looming and we're just about in it.
- A bigger threat may loom on the media landscape.
- In the meantime however, an unholy war looms close at hand.
- With the elections looming large, his government is fighting to keep energy prices under control.
- He saw a great crisis looming and announced judgement and the opportunity to repent.
- Fail to budget properly, managers are warned, and insolvency looms around the corner.
- Exams were looming at the end of the academic year, which Chig knew he was bound to fail.
- My sense is that the probability of such an event looms nearer and grows larger with each passing day.
- Indeed, even if trouble appears to be looming, the share price may have already factored it in.
- "Oh no, we have to be going, " Nicholas said, the threat looming in his mind.
- The Bureau of Meteorology warned authorities on January 15 that a disaster was looming.
- Another giant threat looms for public sector workers.
- When ticket sales are poor and disaster looms he promises something a little extra.
- But with a general election looming on the horizon, the ruling group will not risk division in its ranks.
be imminent, be on the horizon, impend, be impending, be close, be ominously close, threaten, be threatening, menace, brew, be just around the corner
nounlumlo͞om
1A vague and often exaggerated first appearance of an object seen in darkness or fog, especially at sea.
（尤指海上物体在黑暗或浓雾中的）隐隐显现the loom of the land ahead渐渐显现的陆地。
- From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see the loom of the opposite houses.
- His memoirs state that he was "conscious of the loom of the land about 3 am", little more than an hour before the landing.
- 1.1 The dim reflection by cloud or haze of a light which is not directly visible, e.g. from a lighthouse over the horizon.（云或霾等将不能直接见到的光折射出来的）暗影，上现蜃景
- The loom of the lighthouse flashed across the sky. The waves moved back and forth across the jagged rocks, gradually becoming larger and more menacing.
- In the distance, straight ahead off the bow, I could see the loom of the green five-second light of the Block Island lighthouse.
- Rock, nothing but ocean waves for another 170 miles until the loom of the Fastnet light lifts above the horizon.
- You may observe the glow or loom of the lighthouse before you see the light of the lighthouse's lantern.
- Thousands pay homage every year and the loom of its light is a sight for seafarers' eyes.
Origin
Mid 16th century: probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with East Frisian lōmen ‘move slowly’, Middle High German lüemen ‘be weary’.