English主要词典
verse
Universal Words
noun
1 [U] writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or pattern of RHYME
SYNPOETRY:
Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.
seealsoBLANKVERSE, FREEVERSE
2 [C] a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song:
a hymn with six verses
3 (verses) [pl.] (old-fashioned) poetry:
a book of comic verses
4 [C] any one of the short NUMBERED divisions of a CHAPTER in the Bible
IDIOMS see CHAPTER
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