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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
romance
1. a relationship between two lovers (Freq. 4) • Syn: love affair • Derivationally related forms: romantic • Hypernyms: relationship • Hyponyms: intrigue 2. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) (Freq. 1) • Syn: romanticism • Hypernyms: quality • Hyponyms: stardust 3. a story dealing with love • Syn: love story • Hypernyms: story 4. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life • Derivationally related forms: romantic • Hypernyms: novel • Hyponyms: Gothic romance, bodice ripper
1. have a love affair with • Hypernyms: love • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Sam cannot romance Sue 2. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions - The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries - My husband never flirts with other women • Syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, philander, mash • Derivationally related forms: masher (for: mash), coquette (for: coquette), coquetry (for: coquet), dalliance (for: dally), flirt (for: flirt), flirtation (for: flirt), flirting (for: flirt) • Hypernyms: talk, speak • Hyponyms: wanton, vamp • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP - Somebody ----s somebody (for: chat up) 3. make amorous advances towards - John is courting Mary • Syn: woo, court, solicit • Derivationally related forms: courting (for: court), wooer (for: woo), wooing (for: woo) • Hypernyms: act, move • Hyponyms: chase, chase after, display • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Sam cannot romance Sue 4. tell romantic or exaggerated lies - This author romanced his trip to an exotic country • Hypernyms: lie • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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