verse

英 [vɜːs]

美 [vɜːrs]

n.  诗; 韵文; 诗节; 歌曲的段落
v.  作诗或者从事于作诗; 使熟练或者精通

复数：verses　过去分词：versed　现在分词：versing　过去式：versed　第三人称单数：verses　

CET6考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.3540 / COCA.5446

习惯用语

n.

chapter and verse
• 准确细节；（尤指信息的）确切出处
  the exact details of sth, especially the exact place where particular information may be found
• 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。

牛津词典

noun

• 诗；韵文
  writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or pattern of rhyme
  1. 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。
• 诗节；歌曲的段落
  a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song
  1. a hymn with six verses
     一首六节的赞美诗
• 诗
  poetry
  1. a book of comic verses
     打油诗集
• （《圣经》的）节
  any one of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible

柯林斯词典

• See also:...a slim volume of verse...I have been moved to write a few lines of verse.blank verse
• N-COUNT 诗节;诗行；（歌曲的）段落;（《圣经》、《古兰经》等中的）节
  Averseis one of the parts into which a poem, a song, or a chapter of the Bible or the Koran is divided.
  1. This verse describes three signs of spring...
     这节诗描绘了春天来临的三个征兆。
  2. The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn.
     合唱团只唱了最后一首赞美诗的两个段落。
• chapter and verse→ see:chapter

英英释义

noun

• a piece of poetry
  Synonym:rhyme
• a line of metrical text
  Synonym:verse line
• literature in metrical form
  Synonym:poetrypoesy

verb

• familiarize through thorough study or experience
  1. She versed herself in Roman archeology
• compose verses or put into verse
  1. He versified the ancient saga
  Synonym:versifypoetizepoetise

双语例句

• To chime the notes of his emotion, a verse mysteriously entered the correspondent's head.
  为拨动思绪，记者的脑海里莫名其妙地浮现出一首诗。
• This verse describes three signs of spring
  这节诗描绘了春天来临的三个征兆。
• He was a more than commonly candid English gentleman in his avowed dislike of the poet's nonsense, verbiage and verse.
  他比一般无偏见的英国绅士更加公然地宣称：他讨厌诗人的言之无物、冗词赘语和咬文嚼字。
• The last verse will be sung in unison.
  歌词的最后部分要齐唱。
• He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life.
  在他短暂的一生里，他只出版过3卷薄薄的诗集。
• You even know this verse?
  你还知道这句诗呢？
• The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.
  那首诗的第二行不符合格律。
• He quoted a verse from the Bible.
  他引用圣经中的一节。
• In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
  在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。
• 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。