詞彙精選：loom的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
織布機
例句：
The old woman was weaving tweed on her loom.
那老婦人在織布機上編織粗花呢。
例句：
The fabric was weaving at her loom.
她的織布機正編織着這些織物。
若隱若現的景象
v.
朦朧地出現，隱約可見 [I,T]
例句：
The mountainous island loomed on the horizon.
那座巨大的島嶼隱隱約約浮現在地平線上。
例句：
The mountaintops loom through the clouds.
山峯在雲霧中若隱若現。
赫然聳現；迫在眉睫 [I]
例句：
Trifles loom large to an anxious mind.
顧慮多的人，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.
走出長門洞，豁然開朗，山又到了我們跟前。
二、詞義辨析：
appear,emerge,show,loom
這些動詞均有“出現”之意。appear強調公開露面，被看見。emerge側重緩緩出現的過程。show語氣較強，強調“露出來”。loom指朦朧出現，好像從霧中浮現出來一樣。
三、相關短語：
carpet loom
地毯織機
jacquard loom
提花織機
power loom
n.動力織布機
四、參考例句：
Trifles loom large to an anxious mind.
顧慮多的人，草木皆兵。
The mountaintops loom through the clouds.
山峯在雲霧中若隱若現。
She sits at my loom and weaves the web everyday.
她每天都坐在織布機前織網。
I will sit at my loom and weave the web.
我每天都坐在織布機旁邊織這塊布。
The old woman was weaving on her loom.
那位老太太正在織布機上織布。
I don't know how to use a hand loom.
我不知道怎樣使用手工織布機。
Food shortages just loom in some parts of Africa.
食物短缺現象在非洲一些地區迫在眉睫。
In my loom I have a half-finished web of soft linen.
在我的織布機上有一塊細軟麻布，已經織了一半。
It was a joy to walk through this long tunnelled gate and see the mountain loom into sight again.
走出長門洞，豁然開朗，山又到了我們跟前。
