weaving machine, Old English geloma "utensil, tool," from ge-, perfective prefix, + -loma, of unknown origin (compare Old English andloman (plural) "apparatus, furniture"). Originally "implement or tool of any kind" (as in heirloom); thus, "the penis" (c. 1400-1600). Specific meaning "a machine in which yarn or thread is woven into fabric" is from c. 1400.
loom (v.)
1540s, "to come into view largely and indistinctly," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Swedish loma, East Frisian lomen "move slowly"), perhaps a variant from the root of lame (adj.). Early used also of ships moving up and down. Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Loomed; looming.
雙語例句
1. 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。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The old woman was weaving on her loom.
那位老太太正在織布機上織布.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He turned away from the messenger to work at his loom again.
他撇下那兩個捎口信的來者,又去織布.
來自辭典例句
4. These countries loom big in the perspectives of European writers.
這些國家在歐洲作者們的心目中是龐大逼人的.
來自辭典例句
5. In my loom I have a half - finished web of soft linen.