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prose adj.散文的n.散文 (1) 这是那篇散文的逐字直译。(2) 他最近出版一本论散文的著作。(3) 他的散文写得十分优雅。(4) 我想浏览一下这篇散文。 If you write, "I walked about all alone over the hillsides," that's prose. If you say, "I wondered lonely as a cloud/that floats on high o'er vales and hills" that's poetry. See the difference? (Let's not get into prose poetry!) From prose we get the term prosaic, meaning "ordinary" or "commonplace," or lacking the specially delicacy and beauty of its supposed opposite — poetry.

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英 [prəʊz] 美 [proʊz] (1) This is a verbal translation of the prose.(2) He has lately set forth a book on prose.(3) His prose is written in elegant language.(4) I want to glance over one time this piece of prose. Prose is so-called "ordinary writing" — made up of sentences and paragraphs, without any metrical (or rhyming) structure. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]散文；白话文；散文体 Prose is ordinary written language, in contrast to poetry.   [oft poss N]Shute's prose is stark and chillingly unsentimental...舒特的散文平铺直叙，没有感情，让人感觉冷冰冰的。What he has to say is expressed in prose of exceptional lucidity and grace.他所要说的都以极为明晰优雅的文字表达了出来。

英语单词	prose
英美音标	英 [prəʊz] 美 [proʊz]
中文释义	adj.散文的 n.散文
英语例句	(1) This is a verbal translation of the prose. (2) He has lately set forth a book on prose. (3) His prose is written in elegant language. (4) I want to glance over one time this piece of prose.
中文例句	(1) 这是那篇散文的逐字直译。 (2) 他最近出版一本论散文的著作。 (3) 他的散文写得十分优雅。 (4) 我想浏览一下这篇散文。
vocabulary简明	Prose is so-called "ordinary writing" — made up of sentences and paragraphs, without any metrical (or rhyming) structure.
vocabulary扩展	If you write, "I walked about all alone over the hillsides," that's prose. If you say, "I wondered lonely as a cloud/that floats on high o'er vales and hills" that's poetry. See the difference? (Let's not get into prose poetry!) From prose we get the term prosaic, meaning "ordinary" or "commonplace," or lacking the specially delicacy and beauty of its supposed opposite — poetry.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]散文；白话文；散文体 Prose is ordinary written language, in contrast to poetry. [oft poss N] Shute's prose is stark and chillingly unsentimental... 舒特的散文平铺直叙，没有感情，让人感觉冷冰冰的。 What he has to say is expressed in prose of exceptional lucidity and grace. 他所要说的都以极为明晰优雅的文字表达了出来。

Prose Poetry Written I 英 Prəʊz] 美 Proʊz Adj.散文的