1550s, method of divination said to have been practiced by a person walking in a circle marked with characters or signs till he fell from dizziness, the inference being drawn from the place in the circle at which he fell; from Medieval Latin gyromantia, from Greek gyyros "circle" (see gyro- (n.)) + manteia "divination, oracle" (see -mancy).
雙語例句
1. Producers decided to end her on-screen romance with Pierce Lawton.
制片人決定結束她在影片中與皮爾斯·勞頓的戀情。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She loved him so much: it was a fairytale romance.
她深深愛著他:這是個童話般的浪漫故事。
來自柯林斯例句
3. It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance.
暗示我們正在談戀愛的說法真是太荒謬了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. All this questioning is so analytical and clinical — it kills romance.
整個詢問分析性和邏輯性太強,浪漫的氣息蕩然無存。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Like "Gone With The Wind" it's an unashamed epic romance.