verse

noun

/vɜːs/

/vɜːrs/

Idioms

[uncountable] writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or pattern of rhyme诗；韵文 synonym poetry
- in verse Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.这个剧本大部分是用韵文写的，不过有一些是用散文。
see also blank verse, free verse
Wordfinder
- couplet
- image
- lyric
- poetry
- recite
- refrain
- rhyme
- scansion
- stanza
- verse
Topics Literature and writingc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- humorous
- light
- nonsense
- …
verb + verse
- compose
- write
- recite
- …
verse + noun
- form
- drama
preposition
- in verse
[countable] a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song诗节；歌曲的段落
- a hymn with six verses一首六节的赞美诗
Topics Musicc1
verses
[plural] (old-fashioned) poetry诗
- a book of comic verses打油诗集
[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。
Topics Religion and festivalsc2

Word OriginOld 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。

单词	verse
释义	verse noun /vɜːs/ /vɜːrs/ Idioms [uncountable] writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or pattern of rhyme诗；韵文 synonym poetry in verse Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.这个剧本大部分是用韵文写的，不过有一些是用散文。 see also blank verse, free verse Wordfinder couplet image lyric poetry recite refrain rhyme scansion stanza verse Topics Literature and writingc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective humorous light nonsense … verb + verse compose write recite … verse + noun form drama preposition in verse [countable] a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song诗节；歌曲的段落 a hymn with six verses一首六节的赞美诗 Topics Musicc1 verses [plural] (old-fashioned) poetry诗 a book of comic verses打油诗集 [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。 Topics Religion and festivalsc2 Word OriginOld 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。
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