romance
英 [rə(ʊ)'mæns; 'rəʊmæns]
美[ro'mæns]
- n. 传奇；浪漫史；风流韵事；冒险故事
- vi. 虚构；渲染；写传奇
- n. (Romance)人名；(西)罗曼塞
词态变化
复数: romances;第三人称单数: romances;过去式: romanced;现在分词: romancing;
中文词源
romance 浪漫，风流韵事
来自 Romance,罗曼语。用以指兴起于中世纪的用罗曼语写作的骑士冒险故事小说，常常含 有大量的英雄救美的情节，后由该词引申词义浪漫，风流韵事，且成为主要词义。
Romance 罗曼语由拉丁语演变而成，包含法语、意大利语、西班牙语等。来自古法语 Romanz,法语，罗马方 言，来自拉丁语 Romanicus,罗马体，来自 Romanus,罗马人，罗马字体，词源同 Roman.相对 于传统拉丁语的严谨或复杂的语法而言，该语言比较通俗，从而更易为普通人所掌握，类似 于古汉语明清时期的语言与唐宋时期的语言差别。
英英释意
- 1. a relationship between two lovers
- 2. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
- 3. a story dealing with love
- 4. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
英文词源
- romance
- romance: [13] A romance is etymologically a story written in the language ‘of Rome’. The word comes from Old French romanz, which denoted ‘something written in French (as opposed to classical Latin)’. This went back to the Vulgar Latin adverb *rōmānicē ‘in the local vernacular descended from Latin’ (contrasted with latinē ‘in Latin’). This in turn came from Latin rōmānicus ‘Roman’, a derivative ultimately of Rōma ‘Rome’.
In practice, these medieval vernacular tales were usually about chivalric adventure, and that was the starting point from which the modern meaning of romance, and its derivative romantic [17], developed. The original sense survives in the linguistic term Romance, denoting languages such as French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, etc that have evolved from Latin. - romance (n.)
- c. 1300, "a story, written or recited, of the adventures of a knight, hero, etc.," often one designed principally for entertainment," from Old French romanz "verse narrative" (Modern French roman), originally an adverb, "in the vernacular language," from Vulgar Latin *romanice scribere "to write in a Romance language" (one developed from Latin instead of Frankish), from Latin Romanicus "of or in the Roman style," from Romanus "Roman" (see Roman).
The sense evolution is because medieval vernacular tales usually told chivalric adventures full of marvelous incidents and heroic deeds. In reference to literary works, often in Middle English meaning ones written in French but also applied to native compositions. Literary sense extended by 1660s to "a love story." Meaning "adventurous quality" first recorded 1801; that of "love affair" is from 1916. Romance novel attested from 1964. Compare Romance (adj.). - romance (v.)
- late 14c., "recite a narrative," from Old French romancier "narrate in French; translate into French," from romanz (see romance (n.)). Later "invent fictitious stories" (1670s), then "be romantically enthusiastic" (1849); meaning "court as a lover" is from 1938, probably from romance (n.). Related: Romanced; romancing.
- Romance (adj.)
- mid-14c., "French; in the vernacular language of France" (contrasted to Latin), from Old French romanz "French; vernacular," from Late Latin Romanice, from Latin Romanicus (see Roman). Extended 1610s to other modern tongues derived from Latin (Spanish, Italian, etc.); thus "pertaining to the languages which arose out of the Latin language of the provinces of Rome." Compare romance (n.).
同义词辨析
novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale
这些名词均含"小说，故事"之意。
novel： 指任何有情节、人物、对白，虚构的长篇散文体故事。
romance系novel早期的代用词，泛指具有强烈神话和传奇色彩的故事，现指爱情故事。
fiction： 指部分或全部虚构的短篇、中篇、长篇小说，也指传奇故事，是小说的总称。
story： 指篇幅较短，常包含一系列情节或事件，口述或书写成文的故事。
fable： 指短小而寓有教育意义的虚构故事。故事的主人公多为拟人化的动物或非动物之类。也作传说解。
tale常可与story换用，指以事实为中心作叙述的故事，也指古代流传下来的传说故事或神话故事。
考试真题
- Passion is the drive that leads to romance.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- For many of my peers though, Venus quickly lost its romance.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- As the sun's rays pass through the dust kicked up by the horses, the romance of Africa comes to life.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect a deep interest in romance among the artists.
2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文
- Now she is conceiving a romance that has Shanghai of the 1930s as the setting.
2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 题设
实用场景例句
- a holiday romance
- 假日浪漫史
牛津词典
- They had a whirlwind romance .
- 他们之间有过一段短暂的风流韵事。
牛津词典
- Spring is here and romance is in the air.
- 春天来了，到处洋溢着爱情的气息。
牛津词典
- How can you put the romance back into your marriage?
- 怎样才能使你的婚姻再次充满绵绵爱意呢？
牛津词典
- the romance of travel
- 旅行奇趣
牛津词典
- She's a compulsive reader of romances.
- 她热衷于阅读爱情故事。
牛津词典
- medieval romances
- 中世纪的传奇故事
牛津词典
- After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July.
- 在闪电式的恋爱后，两人在7月宣布订婚。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a holiday romance.
- 假日罗曼史
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He still finds time for romance by cooking candlelit dinners for his girlfriend...
- 他仍然会找时间为女友准备烛光晚餐，制造浪漫。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He takes a rather sceptical view of love and romance.
- 他对爱情和浪漫持非常怀疑的态度。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We want to recreate the romance and excitement that used to be part of rail journeys.
- 我们想再度营造以前坐火车旅行的浪漫和兴奋。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her taste in fiction was for chunky historical romances.
- 她所喜欢的小说是大部头的历史爱情小说。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Since taking up writing romance in 1967 she has brought out over fifty books.
- 自1967年开始写爱情小说起，她已经出了50多本书了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...Arthurian Romances.
- 亚瑟王的传奇故事
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He has romanced some of the world's most eligible women.
- 他已经和一些非常适合结婚的女人谈过恋爱了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- At 29 September, 2007, registered at Classical Chinese WIKIPEDIA.
- 在2007年9月29日于文言文维基百科注册.
期刊摘选
- There is an air of romance about the old inn.
- 这家老客栈颇有些浪漫气氛.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese are Romance languages.
- 法语 、 意大利语 、 西班牙语和葡萄牙语是拉丁系语言.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Jane's and Paul's life together is full of romance.
- 简和保罗的共同生活充满了浪漫色彩.
《简明英汉词典》
- They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.
- 他们试图重燃爱火.
《简明英汉词典》
- She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.
- 她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事.
《简明英汉词典》
- A romance extending over several years was culminated.
- 一场数年之久的恋爱就此圆满告终.
《简明英汉词典》
- They had a whirlwind romance .
- 他们之间有过一段短暂的风流韵事。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- It's that time of year again, when thoughts turn to romance and gallantry.
- 又到了每年的那个时候，人们又想到了风花雪月和献殷勤的男人。
柯林斯例句
- She loved him so much: it was a fairytale romance.
- 她深深爱着他：这是个童话般的浪漫故事。
柯林斯例句
- He got married after a whirlwind romance.
- 在一场旋风式的恋爱后他很快就结婚了。
柯林斯例句