looming

n.

上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）；

v.

隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近；

rapier loom剑杆织机；剑杆式投纬织机

air-jet loom喷气织机

shuttle loom梭织机；有梭织机

loom large显得突出；赫然耸现

jacquard loom提花机；提花织机

water-jet loom喷水织机

shuttleless loom n. 无梭织机

1. I don't know how to use a hand loom.
   我不知道怎样使用手工织布机。
2. The foothills were looming ahead through the haze.
   丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。

The looming threat of terrorism
The Looming Threat of Bioterrorism
Looming detectors in the human visual pathway
Looming global-scale failures and missing institutions
Moving and looming stimuli capture attention.
The Looming Expansion And Transformation Of Public Substance Abuse Treatment Under The Affordable Care Act
Multiplicative computation in a visual neuron sensitive to looming
Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity.
Computation of different optical variables of looming objects in pigeon nucleus rotundus neurons.
Persistent Fear Responses in Rhesus Monkeys to the Optical Stimulus of "Looming"