verse

英 [vɜːs]

美 [vɜːrs]

n. 诗; 韵文; 诗节; 歌曲的段落
v. 作诗或者从事于作诗; 使熟练或者精通

复数：verses　过去分词：versed　现在分词：versing　过去式：versed　第三人称单数：verses　

Collins.2 / BNC.3540 / COCA.5446

习惯用语

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
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

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

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

noun

verb

familiarize through thorough study or experience
1. She versed herself in Roman archeology
compose verses or put into verse
1. He versified the ancient saga
Synonym:versifypoetizepoetise

A verse by a contemporary poet supports this.
时人有诗为证。
He used to declaim French verse to us.
他过去常给我们朗诵法语诗歌。
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。
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。
She quoted a verse from the bible.
她引用《圣经》中的诗节。
The verse rose up to fire his breast with inspiration
这首诗激发了他的灵感。
You even know this verse?
你还知道这句诗呢？
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。
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？
He recorded his emotions in prose and verse.
他用散文和韵文来记录他的感情。