novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale

名詞 romance:

1. a relationship between two lovers
   同義詞：love affair
2. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
   同義詞：romanticism
3. the group of languages derived from Latin
   同義詞：Romance language, Latinian language
4. a story dealing with love
   同義詞：love story
5. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

動(dòng)詞 romance:

1. make amorous advances towards
   同義詞：woo, court, solicit
2. have a love affair with
3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
   同義詞：chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, philander, mash
4. tell romantic or exaggerated lies

形容詞 romance:

1. relating to languages derived from Latin
   同義詞：Latin

1. French is a Romance language.
   法語是羅曼語。
2. He told us a romance about a prince who married a poor girl.
   他給我們講了一位王子娶了一個(gè)窮人家女孩的傳奇故事。
3. French and Portuguese are Romance languages.
   法語和葡萄牙語都是羅曼語。

ro.mance

n.（名詞）

A love affair.
風(fēng)流韻事
Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people, especially that characterized by a high level of purity and devotion; love:
浪漫的感情：人們之間熱烈的深情或友愛，尤指高度純潔虔誠(chéng)的感情；愛情：
例句：
They kept the romance alive in their marriage for 35 years.
他們35年的婚姻生活一直保持著浪漫色彩

A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something:
迷戀，向往：一種對(duì)某物強(qiáng)烈且有時(shí)很短暫的愛慕、迷戀或熱情：
例句：
a childhood romance with the sea.
兒時(shí)對(duì)大海的浪漫向往

A mysterious or fascinating quality or appeal, as of something adventurous, heroic, or strangely beautiful:
浪漫性，傳奇性：神秘或迷人的性質(zhì)或魅力，如充滿危險(xiǎn)、英勇或出奇漂亮的東西：
例句：
.These fine old guns often have a romance clinging to them.(Richard Jeffries)
.這些精美的舊式槍有傳奇性.(理查德·杰弗里斯)

A long medieval narrative in prose or verse that tells of the adventures and heroic exploits of chivalric heroes:
騎士故事，中世紀(jì)的傳奇故事：中世紀(jì)用韻文體寫成的講述騎士的冒險(xiǎn)和英雄事跡的長(zhǎng)篇敘事散文或詩：
例句：
an Arthurian romance.
關(guān)于亞瑟王的傳奇故事

A long, fictitious tale of heroes and extraordinary or mysterious events.
傳奇的故事：講述英雄和不尋常的或神秘事件的長(zhǎng)篇虛構(gòu)故事
The class of literature constituted by such tales.
浪漫文學(xué)，傳奇文學(xué)：由浪漫傳奇故事組成的一類文學(xué)

An artistic work, such as a novel, story, or film, that deals with sexual love, especially in an idealized form.
浪漫作品：小說、故事或電影等內(nèi)容涉及尤其是理想化的性愛的文藝作品
The class or style of such works.
這類浪漫的作品或風(fēng)格
A fictitiously embellished account or explanation:
虛構(gòu)，杜撰：潤(rùn)色了的或不真實(shí)的敘述或解釋：
例句：
We have been given speculation and romance instead of the facts.
給我們的全是猜測(cè)和胡謅而不是事實(shí)

Music A lyrical, tender, usually sentimental song or short instrumental piece.
【音樂】 浪漫曲：一種抒情，輕柔且通常傷感的歌曲或短小樂曲
Romance The Romance languages.
Romance 羅曼斯語
adj.（形容詞）
Romance
Abbr. Rom.Of, relating to, or being any of the languages that developed from Latin, the principal ones being Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Other such languages are Catalan, Provenôal, Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian, and Ladino.
縮寫 Rom.羅曼斯語言的：屬于、有關(guān)或從拉丁語發(fā)展而來的一種語言，主要指意大利語、法語、葡萄牙語、羅馬尼亞語和西班牙語。它的其它語言還包括加泰羅尼亞語、普羅旺斯語、雷蒂亞-羅馬語、撒丁語和拉地諾語
v.（動(dòng)詞）
ro.manced,ro.manc.ing,ro.manc.es[rô-m2ns.]
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To invent, write, or tell romances.
編造、寫出或講述浪漫故事
To think or behave in a romantic manner.
浪漫地幻想或行動(dòng)
v.tr.Informal （及物動(dòng)詞）【非正式用語】
To make love to; court or woo.
向…求愛；追求
To have a love affair with.
與…有風(fēng)流韻事

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French romans [romance, work written in French]
源自 古法語 romans [用法語寫的浪漫小說或作品]
from Vulgar Latin *rôm3nicô (scrobere) [(to write) in the vernacular]
源自 俗拉丁語 *rôm3nicô (scrobere) [用方言（寫）]
from Latin Rôm3nicus [Roman]
源自 拉丁語 Rôm3nicus [古羅馬人]
from Rôm3nus * see Roman
源自 Rôm3nus *參見 Roman

【引伸】
romanc.er
n.（名詞）