| 单词 | verse |
| 释义 | verse (once / 104 pages) 1nv 2v A poem — especially one that rhymes — is called verse. The children's author Dr. Seuss wrote in verse, and the regular rhymes of "The Cat in the Hat" helped generations of children learn to read. In music, a verse is a section of a song that's often followed by a chorus. Many people can sing the chorus to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," but few realize there are also verses, including one that starts, "Katie Casey was baseball mad." Verse comes from the Latin word versus, which means a line of writing and is based on the Proto-Indo-European root wer, meaning to turn or bend. WORD FAMILYverse: versed, verses, versify, versing+/versed: unversed/versification: versifications/versifier: versifiers/versify: versification, versified, versifier, versifies, versifying USAGE EXAMPLESQ: Paterson’s poetry is not the only verse in the film. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) In blank verse, Ms. Williams, whose account is verified on the site, described the proposal on the “isaidyes” subreddit, which is dedicated to engagement stories. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Visitors collected outside the sanctuary doors and sang verses pleading to be let in. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n a piece of poetry Syn|Hypo|Hyper rhyme clerihew a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person doggerel, doggerel verse, jinglea comic verse of irregular measure limericka humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba poem, verse form a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines 2n literature in metrical form Syn|Hypo|Hyper poesy, poetry epos a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme epic poetry, heroic poetrypoetry celebrating the deeds of some hero genre, literary genre, writing style a style of expressing yourself in writing 3n a line of metrical text Syn|Hypo|Hyper verse line iambic a verse line consisting of iambs Adonic, Adonic linea verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis tetrametera verse line having four metrical feet pentametera verse line having five metrical feet hexametera verse line having six metrical feet octametera verse line having eight metrical feet octosyllablea verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines decasyllablea verse line having ten syllables line text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen 4v compose verses or put into verse 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper poetise, poetize, versify metrify compose in poetic meter spondaise, spondaizemake spondaic elegise, elegizecompose an elegy sonnetcompose a sonnet compose, indite, pen, write produce a literary work v familiarize through thorough study or experience She versed herself in Roman archeology Hyper acquaint, familiarise, familiarize make familiar or conversant with |
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