Verse



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.诗歌
• ［英］ n.诗歌 ( a line of metrical writing)
• ［类］ doggerel : verse / burlesque : play ( 打油诗是一种诗 / 讽刺剧是一种剧)
• ［记］ vers ( 转) +e -> 诗歌的音节千转百回, 故名
• ［同］ 同根词: versatility ( 多才多艺) ;versant ( 精通的)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English vers, fers, from Anglo-French vers & Old English fers, both from Latin versus, literally, turning, from vertere to turn — more at worth
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a line of metrical writing
• 2.
  • a.
    • (1) metrical language
    • (2) metrical writing distinguished from poetry especially by its lower level of intensity
    • (3) poetry 2
  • b. poem
  • c. a body of metrical writing (as of a period or country)
• 3. stanza
• 4. one of the short divisions into which a chapter of the Bible is traditionally divided

II. verb (versed; versing)

• Date: before 12th century
• intransitive verb
  • to make verse ; versify
• transitive verb
  • 1. to tell or celebrate in verse
  • 2. to turn into verse

III. transitive verb (versed; versing)

• Etymology: back-formation from versed, from Latin versatus, past participle of versari to be active, be occupied (in), passive of versare to turn
• Date: 1599
• to familiarize by close association, study, or experience <well versed in the theater>

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