romance

• n. 傳奇；浪漫史；風流韻事；冒險故事
• vi. 虛構；渲染；寫傳奇
• n. (Romance)人名；(西)羅曼塞

來自 Romance,羅曼語。用以指興起於中世紀的用羅曼語寫作的騎士冒險故事小說，常常含 有大量的英雄救美的情節，後由該詞引申詞義浪漫，風流韻事，且成為主要詞義。

由拉丁語演變而成，包含法語、意大利語、西班牙語等。來自古法語 Romanz,法語，羅馬方 言，來自拉丁語 Romanicus,羅馬體，來自 Romanus,羅馬人，羅馬字體，詞源同 Roman.相對 於傳統拉丁語的嚴謹或複雜的語法而言，該語言比較通俗，從而更易為普通人所掌握，類似 於古漢語明清時期的語言與唐宋時期的語言差別。

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.).

1. Producers decided to end her on-screen romance with Pierce Lawton.

製片人決定結束她在影片中與皮爾斯·勞頓的戀情。

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2. She loved him so much: it was a fairytale romance.

她深深愛著他：這是個童話般的浪漫故事。

來自柯林斯例句

3. It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance.

暗示我們正在談戀愛的說法真是太荒謬了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. All this questioning is so analytical and clinical — it kills romance.

整個詢問分析性和邏輯性太強，浪漫的氣息蕩然無存。

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5. Like "Gone With The Wind" it's an unashamed epic romance.

和《飄》一樣,它也是一個無所顧忌的史詩般的愛情故事.

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