0 to appear as a large, often frightening or unclear shape or object -- （令人驚恐地）隱約顯現；赫然聳現
1 If an unwanted or unpleasant event looms, it seems likely to happen soon and causes worry. -- （不希望或不愉快的事情）陰森地逼近
2 a piece of equipment for weaving (= making thread into cloth) -- 織布機
Weaving families generally owned their own modest houses, their looms and their other tools, though frequently these served as security against debts to moneylenders.
To add to his political troubles, financial bankruptcy loomed.
What once loomed large has shrunk in significance.
However, the threat of oil-dependent nations discovering vast new reserves or developing energy policies that do not rely on fossil fuels looms on the horizon.
Perspectives looms when we turn to courts rather than regulatory agencies for controls.
Because a significant portion of the labour force was becoming redundant, pauperization loomed large.
However, the fear of busting the curve and causing the other student to fail the course now looms large.
At the contest, both weavers set up their looms.
