prosaic
/prəʊˈzeɪɪk/adjective
1- having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty散文体的, 散文语言的; 缺乏诗意的, 平淡无奇的：
prosaic language can't convey the experience.
散文式的语言不足以表达这种经历。
1.1
- commonplace; unromantic平凡的; 不浪漫的：
the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns.
人们都太忙碌于平淡的日常事务。
派生词
prosaically
adverbprosaicness
noun词源
late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a prose writer)： from late Latin prosaicus,from Latin prosa 'straightforward (discourse)' （see PROSE）. Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th cent.