释义 |
loom2/lu:m/ v. & n.●v. intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 up) 1 come into sight dimly, esp. as a vague and often magnified or threatening shape 朦胧出现(尤指呈现模糊不清、放大或赫然出现之状) 2 (of an event or prospect) be ominously close (事件或形势)可怕地逼近 ●n. a vague often exaggerated first appearance of land at sea etc. (从海上等)最初见到的朦胧而庞大的陆地形象 [probably from Low German or Dutch: cf. East Frisian lōmen ‘move slowly’, Middle High German lüemen ‘be weary’] |