释义 |
noun | verb looploop1 /lup/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYloop1Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic lub loop, bend ► belt loops belt loops (=cloth loops used for holding a belt on pants) 1 SHAPE OR LINE a shape like a curve or a circle made by a line curving back toward itself, or a piece of wire, string, etc. that has this shape: A loop of wire held the gate shut. belt loops (=cloth loops used for holding a belt on pants)2knock/throw somebody for a loop informal to surprise and upset someone: His response was so unexpected that it really threw me for a loop.3be out of the loop to not be part of a group of people that makes decisions or gets information: Being out of the loop is the biggest problem for someone working from home.4be in the loop to be part of a group of people that makes decisions or gets information: Keep me in the loop as you make plans.5COMPUTER computers a set of operations in a computer program that repeats continuously6FILM/TAPE a film or tape loop contains images or sounds that are repeated again and again7PLANE (also loop-the-loop) a pattern like a circle made by an airplane flying up, upside down, and then down noun | verb looploop2 verb VERB TABLEloop |
Present | I, you, we, they | loop | | he, she, it | loops | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | looped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have looped | | he, she, it | has looped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had looped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will loop | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have looped |
|
Present | I | am looping | | he, she, it | is looping | | you, we, they | are looping | Past | I, he, she, it | was looping | | you, we, they | were looping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been looping | | he, she, it | has been looping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been looping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be looping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been looping |
1[intransitive, transitive] to form a loop, or to make something into a loop: A man in the next car was looping a tie around his neck.2[intransitive, transitive] to move in a curve that forms the shape of a loop, or to make something move in this way: The space probe looped toward Jupiter.3loop the loop to fly an airplane in a loop |