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单词

loom

读音
luːm
美式
英式
词根

"Loom"是一词多义的英语单词,该词并无明显的词根。

释义

v. 赫然耸现,可怕地出现;显得突出,逼近;(不祥之事)似将发生;在织布机上织 n. 织布机;若隐若现的景象 n. (Loom) (瑞典)洛姆(人名) [ 复数 looms 第三人称单数 looms 现在分词 looming 过去式 loomed 过去分词 loomed ]

例句

She sat at her loom and continued to weave.
她坐在织布机前,继续织布。
You've got to be able to make decisions on the fly as deadlines loom.
你必须能够立刻作出决定,因为最后期限迫在眉睫。
Now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.
当这布还在织的时候,皇帝就亲自去看它了。

强化记忆

你可以将"loom"动词形式的意义,联想到"月亮(moon)"的升起或降落的样子,帮助记忆。对于名词的意义,可以将“loom”让你想起“room”,将其想象为一个放满织布机的房间。"Loom"这个词在早期英文中,名词形式的含义是"工具或机器",大约在1400年后,它的含义逐渐扩展为"织布机"。因而,"loom"的这个含义已经存在很长时间。动词形式的意义从17世纪末开始被使用,含义是"不明显地,模糊地出现或升起",这可能是由于看着织布机上的经纬线交错出现,所以有了这个意思底蕴。

看视频学发音
the finished tapestries hanging on the wall.Clackety-clack goes the loom.The river floods,
and with a creak and a groan,the loom begins to work.The fabric unfolds:
We can begin in the atrium.There is a massive loom,on which Dad's latest wife is working on a new toga.
It doesn't make economic sense, but it makes psychological sense,because losses loom larger than gains.And now we're using loss-framed incentives to help patients walk more,
A structure starts to emerge.An enormous loom of strange design.The girl tosses her insulating pot into the loom,
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