单词 | love romance |
释义 | > as lemmaslove romance love romance n. now chiefly historical a fictitious narrative in which romantic love is a prominent theme; a love story (cf. romance n. 3a). ΚΠ ?1710 Keach's Instr. for Children (new ed.) 41 The Devil teaches them..to read Love Romances, and frequent Play-Houses. 1820 T. Hodgskin Trav. N. Germany II. xiv. 448 The daughters were obliged to spin and sew; and..dared not read love-romances. 1903 Critic (N.Y.) Oct. 379/1 The first of these novels is a somewhat unreal and exaggerated love-romance of the Civil War. 2001 V. I. Braginsky Contemp. Stud. Trad. Asian Lit. 41 The text of the religious Canon includes fragments in various genres: religious sermons..heroic epics..and love romances (the story of Yusuf and Zulaykha). < as lemmas |
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