loom
英検準1級迫る・ぼんやり現れる
意味
- (織物を織る)機(はた),織機
- ぼうっと現れる,ぼんやりと大きく見えてくる《+up》
- 〈危険・困難などが〉不気味に迫る
例文
I perceived an object looming through the mist.
ある物が霧の中にぼおっと見えるのに気づいた。
The impending examination loomed large in her mind.
目前に迫った試験のことが彼女の心に大きく広がった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English lome, from Old English *lōma, ġelōma (“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect”) (also as andlōma, andġelōma, andlama (“utensil, instrument, implement, tool, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *lōmō, *lamō (“tool, utensil”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch alaam, allaam (“tool, household ware or good, appliance”), from Middle Dutch andlame. Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use, thing repeatedly needed", in which case, akin to Old English ġelōme (“often, frequently, continually, repeatedly”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *lōmiz, *lōmijaz (“lame, halt”), from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to break, soften”).