mass noun
1
- written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure散文, 白话文：
a short story in prose
散文体短篇小说
as modifier a prose passage.一段散文。
1.1
- count noun a passage of this, especially for translation into a foreign language（尤指待翻译的）一段散文。
1.2
- figurative plain or dull writing, discourse, or expression〈喻〉平淡乏味的文章（或话语, 表达法）：
closely typed in best office prose.
以最典型的平淡乏味的公文形式打印得很密。
1
- no obj. talk tediously冗长乏味地说：
prosing on about female beauty.
絮絮叨叨地说些女性美之类的话。
2
- with obj. dated compose or convert into in prose〈旧〉把…写成散文; 把…改写成散文。
派生词
proser
noun词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin prosa （oratio） 'straightforward (discourse)'，feminine of prosus,earlier prorsus 'direct'.