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prose/prəʊz/ n. & v.●n. 1 the ordinary form of the written or spoken language (opp. 反义 POETRY 2, VERSE n. 1a) 散文;白话文 also 亦作 attrib.: Milton's prose works 弥尔顿的散文作品 2 a passage of prose, esp. for translation into a foreign language (尤指译成外文的)一段散文 3a a dull or commonplace speech, writing, etc. 平淡无奇的发言(或写作等) b an instance of this 单调无聊的事例 4 a plain matter-of-fact quality 平淡无味;乏味 the prose of existence 平淡无味的生活 5 Eccl. 【教会】 = SEQUENCE 8 ●v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 about, away, etc.) talk tediously 啰啰唆唆地讲 was prosing away about his dog 唠唠叨叨地讲他的狗 2 tr. turn (a poem etc.) into prose 把(诗等)改写成散文 □ proser n.[Middle English via Old French from Latin prosa (oratio) ‘straightforward (discourse)’, fem. of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’] |