loom
/lu:m; lum/ n machine for weaving cloth 织布机.
loom / lu:m; lum/ v
(a) [Ipr, Ip]
appear in an indistinct and often threatening way 隐现（常令人生畏）
an enormous shape looming (up) in the distance, out of the darkness, through the mist, etc 自远处、 从黑暗中、 透过雾霭等森森然逼临的庞然大物.
(b) [La, I] (fig 比喻) appear important or threatening 显得重要或令人生畏
The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影威慑人心.
the looming threat of a strike 非同小可的罢工威胁.