looming
 幽影


 Loom v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loomed p. pr. & vb. n. Looming.]
 1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
    Awful she looms, the terror of the main.   --H. J. Pye.
 2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
    On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.   --J. M. Mason.


 Loom·ing, n. The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.

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