英语词汇“loom”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

loomloom1 /lum/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYloom¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Origin unknown

VERB TABLE

loom

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	loom
	he, she, it	looms
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	loomed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have loomed
	he, she, it	has loomed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had loomed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will loom
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have loomed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am looming
	he, she, it	is looming
	you, we, they	are looming
Past	I, he, she, it	was looming
	you, we, they	were looming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been looming
	he, she, it	has been looming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been looming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be looming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been looming

1 (also loom up) [always + adv./prep.] to appear as a large unclear shape, especially in a threatening way: The mountain loomed in front of us.2if a problem or difficulty looms, it is likely to happen very soon: Many economists warned that a crisis was looming.3loom large to seem important, worrying, and difficult to avoid: Economic issues loomed large in the election.