verse

英 [vɜːs]

美 [vɜːrs]

n. 诗; 韵文; 诗节; 歌曲的段落
v. 作诗或者从事于作诗; 使熟练或者精通

复数：verses　过去分词：versed　现在分词：versing　过去式：versed　第三人称单数：verses　

Collins.2 / BNC.3540 / COCA.5446

习惯用语

chapter and verse

准确细节；（尤指信息的）确切出处
the exact details of sth, especially the exact place where particular information may be found
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。

noun

诗；韵文
writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or pattern of rhyme
1. Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.
  这剧本大部分是用韵文写的，不过有一些是用散文。
诗节；歌曲的段落
a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song
1. a hymn with six verses
  一首六节的赞美诗
诗
poetry
1. a book of comic verses
  打油诗集
（《圣经》的）节
any one of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible

See also:...a slim volume of verse...I have been moved to write a few lines of verse.blank verse
N-COUNT 诗节;诗行；（歌曲的）段落;（《圣经》、《古兰经》等中的）节
Averseis one of the parts into which a poem, a song, or a chapter of the Bible or the Koran is divided.
1. This verse describes three signs of spring...
  这节诗描绘了春天来临的三个征兆。
2. The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn.
  合唱团只唱了最后一首赞美诗的两个段落。
chapter and verse→ see:chapter

noun

verb

familiarize through thorough study or experience
1. She versed herself in Roman archeology
compose verses or put into verse
1. He versified the ancient saga
Synonym:versifypoetizepoetise

He is good at verse.
他善于作诗。
He used to declaim French verse to us.
他过去常给我们朗诵法语诗歌。
Classic Greek drama was written in verse, usually in an elevated and formal style.
古典希腊戏剧以韵文写成，通常用词讲究、结构整齐。
This essay intends to display the aesthetic charm of Lear's nonsense verse through analyzing its themes and forms.
本文试通过分析李尔胡说诗的主题和形式的特点来揭示其独特的艺术魅力。
He recited a verse of the twenty-third psalm.
他背诵了《诗篇》第23篇中的一节。
He wrote a sentimental verse to his lover.
他给他的爱人写了一首感伤的诗歌。
He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life.
在他短暂的一生里，他只出版过3卷薄薄的诗集。
Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.
这剧本大部分是用韵文写的，不过有一些是用散文。
A verse by a contemporary poet supports this.
时人有诗为证。
The poem employs as its first lines a verse plagiarized from a billboard.
这首诗开头的几行抄袭了一个广告牌上的一节诗。