verse
n
1 [U] (form of) writing arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme; poetry 韻文; 詩; 詩句; 詩體
Most of the scene is written in verse, but some is in prose. 這場戲大部分內容是用韻文寫成的, 但也有一些是散文形式的.
blank verse, ie without rhymes at the end of the lines 無韻詩
[attrib 作定語]
a verse translation of Homer's `Iliad' 荷馬《伊利亞特》的詩體翻譯. Cf 參看 prose.
2 [C] group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song (詩或歌的)句, 節
a hymn of/with six verses 一首有六節的贊美詩.
3 verses [pl]
(dated 舊) poetry 詩
a book of humorous verses 一本幽默詩集.
4 [C] any one of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible (《圣經》的)節.
5 (idm 習語) chapter and verse => chapter.