loom

• n. 織機；隠された見世物
• vi.恐ろしく現れる；ぼんやりと現れる；見えるようになる
• vt. 織機で織る
• n. （織機の）人名；（スウェーデン語の）織機

古英語のgeloma, ge-, emphatic, -loma, tool, instrument, ひいては宝物、陰茎、家宝、後にloomに固定され、heirloomを参照。

語源は不明だが、おそらくlame, limp、ひいてはslow, suddenから。

loom (n.)

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.

1. As such tensions increase，they loom larger in Russia 's domestic politics.

このような緊張関係の激化はロシア国内政治においてますます際立っている。

2.The old woman was weaving on her loom .

そのおばあさんは織機の上で布を織っています。

3.He turned away from the messenger to work at his loom again.

彼はその2つの伝言の来者を残して、また布を織った。

4.These countries loom big in the perspectives of European writers.

これらの国は、ヨーロッパの著者たちの心の中では膨大で迫っている。

5.In my loom I have a half-finished web of soft linen.

私の織機には細い柔らかい麻布があり、半分織り込まれています。