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单词 verse
释义
verse
(vɜːʳs )
Word forms: verses
1. uncountable noun
Verse is writing arranged in lines which have rhythm and which often rhyme at the end.
...a slim volume of verse.
I have been moved to write a few lines of verse.
Synonyms: poetry, poems, lyrics, rhyme  
2.  See also blank verse
3. countable noun B2
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.
The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn.
Synonyms: stanza, section, stave, canto  
4. chapter and verse phrase [PHRASE after verb]
If you say that someone gives you chapter and verse on a particular subject, you are emphasizing that they tell you every detail about it. [emphasis]
She came home and gave me chapter and verse about going to his place after a drink.
Idioms:
chapter and verse
full and accurate information about something
I explained everything to Lapiere. I gave him chapter and verse.
Collocations:
verse form
It will be written in chapter and verse form.
Times, Sunday Times
But negative theology by no means goes hand in hand with openness of verse form.
The Times Literary Supplement
The piece wears its verse form lightly, but uses the propulsive possibilities of metre to great effect.
The Times Literary Supplement
She views breaks in his verse form not as accidental, but as indications of emotional turmoil.
The Times Literary Supplement
Although nothing explicitly suggests that all four poems are by the same poet, comparative analysis of dialect, verse form, and diction have pointed towards single-authorship.
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write verse
From there they made their way into written verse romances, and finally on into modern romantic literature.
Christianity Today (2000)
Should he write verse in Latin or in English?
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
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