/vɜ:s; vɝs/
n
1 [U] (form of) writing arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme; poetry 韵文; 诗; 诗句; 诗体
*Most of the scene is written in verse, but some is in prose. 这场戏大部分内容是用韵文写成的, 但也有一些是散文形式的.
* blank verse, ie without rhymes at the end of the lines 无韵诗
* [attrib 作定语] a verse translation of Homer's `Iliad' 荷马《伊利亚特》的诗体翻译. Cf 参看 prose.
2 [C] group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song （诗或歌的）句, 节
*a hymn of/with six verses 一首有六节的赞美诗.
3 verses [pl] (dated 旧) poetry 诗
*a book of humorous verses 一本幽默诗集.
4 [C] any one of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible （《圣经》的）节.
5 (idm 习语) chapter and verse => chapter.

n
[Date: 900-1000; Language: Old French;Origin: vers, from Latin versus 'turning, verse', from vertere 'to turn']
[C]
a set of lines that forms one part of a song, poem, or a book such as the Bible or the Koran
　Let's sing the last verse again.
　Learn the first two verses of the poem by heart.
　Genesis chapter 3, verse 13
[U]
words arranged in the form of poetry
　a book of comic verse
in verse
　Written in verse, the play was set in the Middle Ages.