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romaunt

/roh-mahnt, -mawnt/US // roʊˈmɑnt, -ˈmɔnt //UK // (rəˈmɔːnt) //

罗曼蒂克,罗曼特,罗曼史,罗曼斯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : a romantic tale or poem; romance.

Examples

  • In his own translation of the Romaunt, l. 1393, he translates toise by fadome.

  • In this interval he translated the Romaunt of the Rose, the most famous poetical work of the middle ages.

  • In the Romaunt de la Rose the thing discussed seems to be positive vice.

  • Chaucer's "Romaunt of the Rose" describes for us the movement of the "karole," danced on the "grene gras" in the spring days.

  • Fair dames and damsels, may your loves be as happy as those of the heroine of this romaunt.