mass noun
1- writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme诗; 韵文; 诗句：
a lament in verse
挽诗
as modifier verse drama.诗剧。
1.1
- count noun a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song; a stanza诗节：
the second verse.
第二节诗。
1.2
- count noun each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible or other scripture（《圣经》或其他经文的）节, 句。
1.3
- count noun a versicle（做礼拜时牧师领读或领唱, 由会众回应的）短句。
1.4
- count noun archaic a line of poetry〈古〉诗行。
1.5
- count noun a passage in an anthem for a soloist or a small group of voices（赞美诗的）独唱部; 小组唱部。
派生词
verselet
noun词源
Old 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.