romance

romance

noun

1. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Synonym: romanticism

2. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

3. a story dealing with love

Synonym: love story

4. a relationship between two lovers

Synonym: love affair

romance

verb

1. tell romantic or exaggerated lies

e.g. This author romanced his trip to an exotic country

2. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

e.g. The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
My husband never flirts with other women

Synonym: chat upflirtdallybutterflycoquetcoquettephilandermash

3. have a love affair with

4. make amorous advances towards

e.g. John is courting Mary

Synonym: woocourtsolicit

1. 罗曼史;恋爱;风流韵事
A romance is a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but who are not married to each other.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...a holiday romance.
假日罗曼史

2. 浪漫;爱意;温馨
Romance refers to the actions and feelings of people who are in love, especially behaviour which is very caring or affectionate.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 浪漫情调;传奇色彩
You can refer to the pleasure and excitement of doing something new or exciting as romance .

e.g. 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。

4. 爱情故事;爱情小说;爱情电影
A romance is a novel or film about a love affair.

e.g. 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。

5. （统称）爱情小说
Romance is used to refer to novels about love affairs.

e.g. 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。

6. (中世纪的)冒险故事，传奇文学
A medieval romance is a story about adventures such as battles and long journeys.

romance的近义词

e.g. ...Arthurian Romances.
亚瑟王的传奇故事

7. 和…谈恋爱
When a man romances a woman, he has a love affair with her.

e.g. 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。

8. 罗曼语系的（由拉丁语演变而成的语言，如法语、西班牙语、意大利语等）
Romance languages are languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian, which come from Latin.

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