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romance

1 romance /roʊˈmæns/ noun
plural romances
1 romance
/roʊˈmæns/
noun
plural romances
Learner's definition of ROMANCE
: an exciting and usually short relationship between lovers(通常指短暂的)浪漫史,爱情关系,风流韵事
[count]
[noncount]
[noncount] : the feeling of being in love爱情;恋爱
[count]
: an exciting story often set in the past传奇故事
: a love story爱情故事
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
[noncount]
: the quality of something that makes it exciting and attractive传奇色彩;浪漫色彩
: the excitement or emotional attraction that people feel for something(对某物的)迷恋,钟情
2 romance /roʊˈmæns/ verb
romances; romanced; romancing
2 romance
/roʊˈmæns/
verb
romances; romanced; romancing
Learner's definition of ROMANCE
[+ object] : to have or try to have a romantic relationship with (someone)与(某人)谈情说爱;追求
[+ object] US : to give special attention to (someone) in order to get something that you want from that person给予(某人)特别关注;讨好;奉承
[no object] : to talk about something in a way that makes it seem better than it really is美化;夸大
TOEFL BNC: 5329 COCA: 4016

romance

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noun (1)

ro·​mance rō-ˈman(t)s How to pronounce romance (audio)
rə-;
ˈrō-ˌman(t)s
1
a(1)
: a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural
(2)
: a prose narrative treating imaginary characters involved in events remote in time or place and usually heroic, adventurous, or mysterious
(3)
: a love story especially in the form of a novel
b
: a class of such literature
2
: something (such as an extravagant story or account) that lacks basis in fact
3
: an emotional attraction or aura belonging to an especially heroic era, adventure, or activity
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5
capitalized : the Romance languages

romance

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verb

romanced; romancing

intransitive verb

1
: to exaggerate or invent detail or incident
2
: to entertain romantic thoughts or ideas

transitive verb

1
: to try to influence or curry favor with especially by lavishing personal attention, gifts, or flattery
2
: to carry on a love affair with

romance

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noun (2)

: a short instrumental piece in ballad style

Romance

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adjective

Ro·​mance rō-ˈman(t)s How to pronounce Romance (audio)
rə-;
ˈrō-ˌman(t)s
: of, relating to, or being any of the languages developed from Latin (such as Italian, French, and Spanish)

Example Sentences

Verb He was always romancing younger women. She was romanced by several wealthy young men. The museum's director spends a lot of time romancing potential donors. a college athlete who's being romanced by several pro teams They were romancing about the past.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English romauns, from Anglo-French romanz French, narrative in French, from Medieval Latin Romanice in a vernacular (as opposed to Latin), from Late Latin Romanus Gallo-Romance speaker (as opposed to a Frank), from Latin, Roman

Noun (2)

German Romanze & French romance, both ultimately from Spanish romance romance, ballad, from Old Occitan & Old French romanz

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

1653, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun (2)

circa 1854, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of romance was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 5329 COCA: 4016
romance

noun¹

1love affair愛情故事ADJECTIVE | VERB + ROMANCE | ROMANCE + VERB ADJECTIVEbrief短暫的羅曼史broken令人心碎的羅曼史whirlwind旋風般的羅曼史They married after a whirlwind romance.旋風般的戀愛之後他們結婚了。budding剛萌芽的羅曼史the budding romance between Richard and Elise理查德和埃莉斯之間剛萌芽的戀情holiday, summer假日/夏日羅曼史office辦公室戀情Have you ever had an office romance?你曾有過辦公室戀情嗎?online網戀Everyone knows that online romances never work out.大家都知道網戀不會有什麼結果。teenage少年情事interracial (especially NAmE) 跨種族戀情We're seeing more interracial romances in the movies.我們在電影中看到越來越多的跨種族戀情。fairy-tale童話般的羅曼史It ruined their perfect fairy-tale romance.這葬送了他們童話般的美滿羅曼史。real-life現實生活中的羅曼史the true story of a real-life romance現實生活中真實的愛情故事doomed注定不會有好結果的羅曼史failed失敗的戀情He was still recovering from a failed romance.他還沒有完全從失敗的戀情中恢復過來。VERB + ROMANCEhave有風流韻事They had a brief romance in the eighties.他們在 80 年代有過一段短暫的戀情。begin, start開始羅曼史ROMANCE + VERBblossom愛情綻放begin羅曼史開始end羅曼史結束
romance

noun²

2romantic feeling浪漫的感覺ADJECTIVE | VERB + ROMANCE | ROMANCE + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVEtrue真正的浪漫interracial (especially NAmE) 跨種族的戀情VERB + ROMANCEfind找到浪漫的感覺People find romance in strange places.人會在陌生的地方找到浪漫的感覺。ROMANCE + VERBbe in the air愛情發生Could romance be in the air for the young prince?年輕王子會不會在談戀愛?bloom愛情之花盛開PHRASESlove and romance愛情和浪漫故事Most of her songs are about love and romance.她的大多數歌曲是有關愛情和浪漫故事的。

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