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prose 音标拼音: [pr'oz] n. 散文
vi.
vt. 写散文
a. 散文的,平凡的 散文写散文散文的,平凡的 prose n 1: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse 2: matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expressionProse \ Prose\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life. [ 1913 Webster]
Prose \ Prose\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Prosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Prosing}.] 1. To write in prose. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. [ 1913 Webster]
Prose \ Prose\, v. i. 1. To write prose. [ 1913 Webster] Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Prose \ Prose\, n. [ F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See { Verse}.] 1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. [ 1913 Webster] I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose -- words in their best order; poetry -- the best order. -- Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See { Sequence}. [ 1913 Webster] 52 Moby Thesaurus words for " prose": banality, bromide, causerie, chat, chestnut, chin, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, expository writing, familiar tune, hackneyed saying, in prose, language, lieu commun, locus communis, matter of fact, matter- of- fact, matter- of- factness, nonmetrical, nonpoetic, old joke, old saw, old song, old story, plain, plainness, platitude, platitudinize, prosaic, prosaicism, prosaicness, prosaism, prosiness, prosing, prosy, rap, reiteration, retold story, stereotyped saying, talk, text, trite saying, triticism, twice- told tale, unimaginative, unimaginativeness, unimpassioned, unversified, write prose, yarn
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