romance
noun uk/rəʊˈmæns/ /ˈrəʊ.mæns/ us/roʊˈmæns/ /ˈroʊ.mæns/
B1 [ C ]（通常短暂的）恋爱关系，罗曼史，风流韵事
a close, usually short relationship of love between two people
They got married last year after a whirlwind (= very short and unexpected) romance. 一段闪电式恋爱后，他们去年就结了婚。
It was just a holiday romance. 那只是假期中的一场浪漫恋情而已。
Office romances are usually a bad idea. 一般说来，和办公室的同事搞风流韵事可不怎么好。
[ U ]爱意;爱情;浪漫
the feelings and behaviour of two people who are in a loving and sexual relationship with each other
I felt as though all the romance had gone out of my marriage. 我觉得好像我的婚姻中已经没有了浪漫。
[ U ]传奇色彩；浪漫氛围
the feeling of excitement or mystery that you have from a particular experience or event
He loves the romance of travelling on a steam train. 他喜欢乘蒸汽火车旅行的那种浪漫感觉。
[ C ]爱情故事
a story about love
a historical romance 历史爱情故事
She loves reading romances. 她喜欢读爱情故事。
[ C ]（尤指旧时创作或以古代为背景的）传奇故事
a story of exciting events, especially one written or set in the past
medieval romances 中世纪传奇故事
- More examples
- They married three months after they met - it was a real whirlwind romance.
- Sun, sand, and romance - her holiday was complete.
- If you're looking for a storybook romance, you're always going to be disappointed.
- I want some light reading for the summer holidays - a romance or something.
- The magazine, which gives frank advice about sex and romance, is aimed at the teenage market.
romance
verb uk/rəʊˈmæns/ /ˈrəʊ.mæns/ us/roʊˈmæns/ /ˈroʊ.mæns/
[ I ]虚构;夸大
to tell stories that are not true, or to describe an event in a way that makes it sound better than it was
[ T ] old-fashioned向…求爱，追求
to try to persuade someone to love you