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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Ro·man·esque /ˌroməˈnɛsk/
 (a.)羅馬式的;羅曼語的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ro·man·esque a.
 1. Arch. Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
 2. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
 Romanesque style Arch., that which grew up from the attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic architecture.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ro·man·esque, n. Romanesque style.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Romanesque
      n : a style of architecture developed in Italy and western
          Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000
          AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the
          substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament
          and arcades [syn: Romanesque architecture]