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An amour is a love affair, especially a secret or slightly scandalous one — not the ordinary English word for “love.” English took French amour and narrowed it. In French, amour can be quite normal love; in English it raises an . “His amour in Paris” means a person or a liaison, not a warm feeling in general.
An amour is a love affair, especially a secret or slightly scandalous oneamour是戀情，尤其是偷偷摸摸或有點醜聞味道的那種——not the ordinary English word for "love."不是英文裡普通講「愛」的字。English took French amour and narrowed it英文把法文的amour借過來，然後把意思縮小了。In French, amour can be quite normal love在法文裡，amour可以就是很普通的愛；in English it raises an eyebrow但在英文裡它會讓人挑眉。"His amour in Paris"「His amour in Paris他在巴黎的amour」means a person or a liaison指的是一個人或一段戀情，not a warm feeling in general不是泛指一種溫暖的感覺。
It sounds old-fashioned, novelistic, a little fancy. You would not text “I have an amour.” People now say affair, , or they just tell the story.
It sounds old-fashioned, novelistic, a little fancy聽起來老派、有小說感、有點花俏。You would not text "I have an amour."你不會傳訊息說「I have an amour我有段amour」。People now say affair, fling現在的人會說affair或fling，or they just tell the story或者就直接把事情講出來。
The pronunciation follows French more than old English would have: stress on the second part, roughly a-MOOR (the expected older English sound would have been more like “AM-er”). Though actually, you will still meet relatives such as enamoured, which kept a more English rhythm.
The pronunciation follows French more than old English would have發音比較跟著法文走，不是老英文那套：stress on the second part重音在第二部分，roughly a-MOOR大概唸成a-MOOR（the expected older English sound would have been more like "AM-er"照老英文的規則本來預期會比較像「AM-er」）。Though actually不過，you will still meet relatives such as enamoured你還是會遇到像enamoured這樣的親戚字，which kept a more English rhythm它保留了比較英式的節奏。
組成Inherited from Middle English amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor (“love”). Continual French influence keeps the modern sound.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Amourname
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A surname from French.
amournoun/əˈmʊə/
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Courtship; flirtation.
- Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all—and yet there's something in that voice of hers….
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A love affair.
- Jones had mentioned the Fact of his Amour, and of his being the Rival of Blifil, but had cautiously concealed the Name of the young Lady.
- The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.
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A lover.
- ‘Dulce, will you go to the masquerade-ball to night?’ said I to my lesser-half, on a bright evening during the gayest part of the ‘carnival season.’ / ‘No, my amor,’ answered she; ‘I am ill this evening; do n’t go out to-night, but stay by my side, and let your cheering presence save a doctor’s fee.’
- Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...
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obsoleteLove, affection.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。