词汇精选:loom的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
织布机
例句:
The old woman was weaving tweed on her loom.
那老妇人在织布机上编织粗花呢。
例句:
The fabric was weaving at her loom.
她的织布机正编织着这些织物。
若隐若现的景象
v.
朦胧地出现,隐约可见 [I,T]
例句:
The mountainous island loomed on the horizon.
那座巨大的岛屿隐隐约约浮现在地平线上。
例句:
The mountaintops loom through the clouds.
山峰在云雾中若隐若现。
赫然耸现;迫在眉睫 [I]
例句:
Trifles loom large to an anxious mind.
顾虑多的人,草木皆兵。
例句:
It was a joy to walk through this long tunnelled gate and see the mountain loom into sight again.
走出长门洞,豁然开朗,山又到了我们跟前。
二、词义辨析:
appear,emerge,show,loom
这些动词均有“出现”之意。appear强调公开露面,被看见。emerge侧重缓缓出现的过程。show语气较强,强调“露出来”。loom指朦胧出现,好像从雾中浮现出来一样。
三、相关短语:
carpet loom
地毯织机
jacquard loom
提花织机
power loom
n.动力织布机
四、参考例句:
Trifles loom large to an anxious mind.
顾虑多的人,草木皆兵。
The mountaintops loom through the clouds.
山峰在云雾中若隐若现。
She sits at my loom and weaves the web everyday.
她每天都坐在织布机前织网。
I will sit at my loom and weave the web.
我每天都坐在织布机旁边织这块布。
The old woman was weaving on her loom.
那位老太太正在织布机上织布。
I don't know how to use a hand loom.
我不知道怎样使用手工织布机。
Food shortages just loom in some parts of Africa.
食物短缺现象在非洲一些地区迫在眉睫。
In my loom I have a half-finished web of soft linen.
在我的织布机上有一块细软麻布,已经织了一半。
It was a joy to walk through this long tunnelled gate and see the mountain loom into sight again.
走出长门洞,豁然开朗,山又到了我们跟前。