romance

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。

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.

制片人决定结束她在影片中与皮尔斯·劳顿的恋情。

2. 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。

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

暗示我们正在谈恋爱的说法真是太荒谬了。

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

整个询问分析性和逻辑性太强，浪漫的气息荡然无存。

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

和《飘》一样,它也是一个无所顾忌的史诗般的爱情故事.

【story, tale, fiction, fable, romance, novel】
这组词都有“小说，故事”的意思，其区别是：
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
novel: 指任何有情节、人物、对白，虚构的长篇散文体故事。