verse

noun

1. 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。
2. 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
3. 诗
   poetry
   1. a book of comic verses
      打油诗集
4. （《圣经》的）节
   any one of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible

1. See also: ...a slim volume of verse... I have been moved to write a few lines of verse. blank verse
2. N-COUNT 诗节;诗行；（歌曲的）段落;（《圣经》、《古兰经》等中的）节
   A verse is 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。
3. chapter and verse → see: chapter

1. It was a verse from the book of Job. It was so apropos.
   这是摘自乔布书中的一句诗，用得非常恰当。
2. The verse rose up to fire his breast with inspiration
   这首诗激发了他的灵感。
3. In the course of the evening he gave me chapter and verse on the mosses of the Islay peat bogs.
   整个晚上，他向我详细讲述艾莱岛泥炭沼泽地上的各种青苔。
4. He used to declaim French verse to us.
   他过去常给我们朗诵法语诗歌。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. He recited a verse of the twenty-third psalm.
   他背诵了《诗篇》第23篇中的一节。
8. In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
   在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。
9. 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。
10. I have been moved to write a few lines of verse.
    我因感动而写下了几句诗。
11. This verse describes three signs of spring
    这节诗描绘了春天来临的三个征兆。
12. 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。
13. He is good at verse.
    他善于作诗。
14. To chime the notes of his emotion, a verse mysteriously entered the correspondent's head.
    为拨动思绪，记者的脑海里莫名其妙地浮现出一首诗。
15. She quoted a verse from the bible.
    她引用《圣经》中的诗节。
16. He expressed his ideas in verse.
    他用诗的形式来表达他的观点。
17. He was a more than commonly candid English gentleman in his avowed dislike of the poet's nonsense, verbiage and verse.
    他比一般无偏见的英国绅士更加公然地宣称：他讨厌诗人的言之无物、冗词赘语和咬文嚼字。
18. 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。
19. The last verse will be sung in unison.
    歌词的最后部分要齐唱。
20. A verse by a contemporary poet supports this.
    时人有诗为证。
21. Who can resist lines like these, or cares to quibble whether they can be defined as verse?
    谁能抗拒这样的诗句，还去斤斤计较这能不能称为诗？
22. The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.
    那首诗的第二行不符合格律。
23. I have read some of your modern free verse and wondering who sets it free.
    我念了一些你的现代自由诗，我怀疑到底是谁让它自由的。
24. You even know this verse?
    你还知道这句诗呢？
25. He wrote a sentimental verse to his lover.
    他给他的爱人写了一首感伤的诗歌。
26. 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。
27. He quoted a verse from the Bible.
    他引用圣经中的一节。
28. Satirical Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Verse Fable and Prose Poetry.
    讽刺诗，抒情诗，寓言诗和散文诗；
29. Philip sang the first verse and then everyone joined in.
    菲利普唱了第一节，然后大家就一起唱了起来。
30. He recorded his emotions in prose and verse.
    他用散文和韵文来记录他的感情。

n.

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
  1. 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

1. a piece of poetry

   Synonym:    rhyme

2. a line of metrical text

   Synonym:    verse line

3. literature in metrical form

   Synonym:    poetrypoesy

verb

1. familiarize through thorough study or experience
   1. She versed herself in Roman archeology

2. compose verses or put into verse
   1. He versified the ancient saga

   Synonym:    versifypoetizepoetise