| 单词 | romance |
| 释义 | romance (once / 148 pages) 1nv 2nv Romance is the relationship between two lovers. Is there a romance blossoming between you and your lab partner, or is the assignment so hard you have to work together constantly? Romance comes from Roman, and first meant a story translated into French from Latin (the common language of old Rome), usually about the amorous adventures of chivalrous knights, which is how romances came to be associated with love stories. Now it's used to mean a love relationship, in a story or not. The Romance languages are those derived from Latin. If you romance a tale, you exaggerate it, and if you romance a person, you're making advances. WORD FAMILYromance: romanced, romances, romancing, romantic+/romantic: romantically, romanticise, romanticism, romanticize, romantics, unromantic/romanticise: romanticisation, romanticised, romanticises, romanticising/romanticism: neoromanticism, romanticist, romanticistic/romanticist: romanticists/romanticize: romanticization, romanticized, romanticizes, romanticizing/unromantic: unromantically USAGE EXAMPLESThat year, her first Oscars season, Ms. Bening playfully deflected personal questions about her budding romance and attended the ceremony with her parents. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) They include fake IRS calls, bogus sweepstakes, phony grandchild in distress calls and romance scams. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) They are generally syrupy romances, family dramas or action movies peppered with elaborate song and dance routines. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a relationship between two lovers Syn|Hypo|Hyper love affair intrigue a clandestine love affair relationship a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) 2n a story dealing with love Syn|Hyper love story story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events 3v make amorous advances towards Syn|Hypo|Hyper court, solicit, woo chase, chase after pursue someone sexually or romantically displayattract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 4v talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions Syn|Hypo|Hyper butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander wanton engage in amorous play vampact seductively with (someone) speak, talk exchange thoughts; talk with 5v have a love affair with 2Hyper love be enamored or in love with 1n a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life Hypo|Hyper Gothic romance a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events bodice rippera romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated novel an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story 2n an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) Syn|Hypo|Hyper romanticism stardust a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone 3v tell romantic or exaggerated lies This author romanced his trip to an exotic country Hyper lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive Romance (once / 2419 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY Romance: Romances USAGE EXAMPLESThe R8 is a sports car for Bauhaus enthusiasts, graduates of summer programs in Romance languages, men who cook in aprons. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) My Chemical Romance: Even punks like the song Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016) A series called Mountain Romance featured floral numbers, crystal thistle wings and an outfit, worn by Lily Donaldson, set with more than 2,500 stones. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1adj relating to languages derived from Latin Romance languages Syn Latin 2n the group of languages derived from Latin Syn|Hypo|Hyper Latinian language, Romance language Haitian Creole a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages Italianthe Romance language spoken in Italy Frenchthe Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France Portuguesethe Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil Galiciana language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect Spanishthe Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain Catalanthe Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan) Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-RomanicRomance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol Romanian, Rumanianan eastern Romance language spoken in Romania Old Italianthe Italian language up to the middle of the 16th century Sardinianthe Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish Tuscana dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence) Langue d'oil, Langue d'oil Frenchmedieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France Langue d'oc, Langue d'oc Frenchmedieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France Old Frenchthe earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century Norman French, Norman-French, Old North Frenchthe medieval Norman dialect of Old French Anglo-French, Anglo-Normanthe French (Norman) language used in medieval England Canadian Frenchthe French language as spoken in Quebec, Canada Walloona dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France Castilianthe Spanish language as spoken in Castile Judeo-Spanish, Ladinothe Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script Mexican Spanishthe dialect of Spanish spoken in Mexico Friuli, Friuliana Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy Ladina Rhaeto-Romance dialect of Romansh spoken in southeastern Switzerland Romansh, Rumanshthe Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in southeastern Switzerland; it is an official language of Switzerland Latin any dialect of the language of ancient Rome |
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