verse
noun /vɜːs/
/vɜːrs/
Idioms synonym poetry诗;韵文 - in verse Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.
这剧本大部分是用韵文写的,不过有一些是用散文。
WordfinderTopics Literature and writingc1- couplet
- image
- lyric
- poetry
- recite
- refrain
- rhyme
- scansion
- stanza
- verse
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- humorous
- light
- nonsense
- …
- compose
- write
- recite
- …
- form
- drama
- in verse
- in verse Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.
诗节;歌曲的段落 - a hymn with six verses
一首六节的赞美诗
- a hymn with six verses
- verses[plural] (old-fashioned) poetry
诗 - a book of comic verses
打油诗集
- a book of comic verses
- [countable] any one of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible
(《圣经》的)节 - She always read a few verses from the Bible before going to bed.
她总是在睡觉前读几节圣经。
- She always read a few verses from the Bible before going to bed.
词源Old English fers, from Latin versus ‘a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing’, from vertere ‘to turn’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French vers, from Latin versus.
Idioms
chapter and verse
- the exact details of something, especially the exact place where particular information may be found
准确细节;(尤指信息的)确切出处 - I can't give chapter and verse, but that's the rough outline of our legal position.
我无法提供准确细节,但那是我们所处法律地位的大致情况。
- I can't give chapter and verse, but that's the rough outline of our legal position.