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VERB
（龐然大物或形狀模糊之物）聳現，出現
If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
例句
Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
文森特赫然聳現在我面前，面色灰白得像一塊墓碑。
...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.
黑暗中若隱若現、聳立在我們四周的荒山
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VERB
迫近；逼近；即將爆發
If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon.
例句
Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States...
另一場政府開支危機在美國一觸即發。
The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
內戰戰火重燃的威脅正迫在眉睫。
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PHRASE
（尤指問題或憂慮）揮之不去，縈繞心中，顯得突出
If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
例句
...the terrible problem of armed crime now looming large in our society...
已日漸成為我們當今社會一塊心病的嚴重的持械犯罪問題
As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia's domestic politics.
這種緊張關系的不斷加劇使其在俄羅斯國內政治中愈發凸顯。
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N-COUNT
織機；織布機
A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.