Word · Frequency #12426
Romeo
痴情男子；多情男子
an ardent male lover
- 1.
A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
- 2.
A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
一种男式室内便鞋
In use
At a romantic dinner, Daniel proved to be a true romeo by reciting a poem he had written for Anna.
My grandmother likes to say that my grandfather was a romeo in his youth, because he crossed the whole town every day just to see her.
In the story, the young painter is a romeo, filling his sketchbooks with portraits of the woman he loves.
be a romeo
源自莎士比亚剧中的罗密欧，指对爱情非常投入的男子。
He is a real romeo.
他是个真正的痴情男子。
a pair of romeos
此处 romeo 指一种男式室内便鞋，通常以复数形式 romeos 出现。
He bought a pair of romeos.
他买了一双男式室内便鞋。
Common mistakes
He is very romeo.He is a romeo.
romeo在此是可数名词，意为“痴情男子”，不能像形容词一样被very修饰。中文说“他很罗密欧”是比喻，但英语必须用名词短语a romeo来表示“一个痴情男子”。
There are many romeoes in the office.There are many romeos in the office.
以-o结尾的名词变复数时不一定都加-es；romeo的复数是romeos，而非romeoes。这是固定拼写，需要单独记忆。
Connections
Collocations
- a young Romeo
- 年轻的多情男子
- Every girl at school had a crush on the young Romeo.学校的每个女孩都迷恋那个年轻的多情男子。
- a regular Romeo
- 十足的多情种，经常勾引女子的男子
- He is a regular Romeo, always dating a new girl.他是个十足的多情种，总在和新的女孩约会。
- a wannabe Romeo
- 想当情圣的人，自以为风流多情的男子
- He is a wannabe Romeo, but his pick-up lines never work.他是想当情圣的人，但他的搭讪话从未奏效。
- a self-styled Romeo
- 自封的情圣，自以为风流的人
- The self-styled Romeo spent a fortune on perfume and flowers.那个自封的情圣花了很多钱买香水和鲜花。
- a modern-day Romeo
- 现代的情圣，当代的多情男子
- With his smartphone and smooth talk, he is a modern-day Romeo.凭借智能手机和圆滑的谈吐，他是个现代情圣。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 romeo 联想成《罗密欧与朱丽叶》中的罗密欧：痴情男子；另注意它也有男式室内便鞋义。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：informal conversations about love and dating、literary or media descriptions of a romantic man 此义项通常用于口语或非正式书面语，多带幽默或轻微戏谑的语气，常用来形容多情、热衷浪漫的男子。比较常见于谈论感情、约会或人物性格的场合，也见于新闻报道或影评中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
romeo 读作 /ˈrəumiəu/，结尾 -meo 发 /miəu/。cameo 的 -meo 也发 /miəu/，与它完全相同；rodeo、stereo、video 的 -eo 以及 audio、radio 的 -io 都发同样的结尾音 /iəu/，只是前面辅音不同，因此它们都不是严格意义上的押韵。注意 theory /ˈθɪəri/、people /ˈpiːpəl/ 等词里的 -eo 发音完全不同，不要按拼写类推。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.