;诗;诗体;韵文Verse is writing arranged in lines which have rhythm and which often rhyme at the end.
...a slim volume of verse...
一本薄薄的诗集
I have been moved to write a few lines of verse.
我因感动而写下了几句诗。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
This verse describes three signs of spring...
这节诗描绘了春天来临的三个征兆。
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。
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verse/vɜːs; NAmEvɜːrs/noun1[uncountable ]writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or pattern of rhyme诗;韵文SYN
poetry
◆Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.这剧本大部份是用韵文写的,不过有一些是用散文。☞see also
blank verse
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free verse
2[countable ]a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song 诗节;歌曲的段落◆a hymn with six verses一首六节的赞美诗3verses[plural ]( old-fashioned) poetry 诗◆a book of comic verses打油诗集4[countable ]any one of the short numbereddivisions of a chapter in the Bible (《圣经》的)节IDIOMsee
chapter
verseversesversedversingverse/vɜːs; NAmEvɜːrs/
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verseverse /vɜːs $ vɜːrs/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable] a set of lines that forms one part of a song, poem, or a book such as the Bible or the Quran (Koran): Let’s sing the last verse again. Learn the first two verses of the poem by heart. Genesis chapter 3, verse 132[uncountable] words arranged in the form of poetry: a book of comic versein verse Written in verse, the play was set in the Middle Ages.