单词 | prose |
释义 | Word Frequency prose(prəʊz) noun 1. spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure 2. a passage set for translation into a foreign language 3. commonplace or dull discourse, expression, etc 4. Roman Catholic Church a hymn recited or sung after the gradual at Mass 5. (modifier) written in prose 6. (modifier) matter-of-fact verb 7. to write or say (something) in prose 8. (intransitive) to speak or write in a tedious style Derived forms proselike (ˈproseˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: via Old French from Latin phrase prōsa ōrātiō straightforward speech, from prorsus prosaic, from prōvertere to turn forwards, from pro-1 + vertere to turn |
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