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prose

/prohz/US // proʊz //UK // (prəʊz) //

散文,散文集,序言,散文集锦

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
    • : matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc.
    • : Liturgy. a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, in, or pertaining to prose.
    • : commonplace; dull; prosaic.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    prosed, pros·ing.

    • : to turn into or express in prose.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    prosed, pros·ing.

    • : to write or talk in a dull, matter-of-fact manner.

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Examples

  • Ten books in, Whitehead has established a pattern of unpredictability, experimenting across narrative types, structures and even genres, though always delivering sharp observation and rich prose.

  • It is the voice that carries the performance — a voice that sounds, simply, the way Twain’s prose reads.

  • "Red Sands," by Caroline EdenSharp, place-hungry prose invites readers to the desert cafes and city kitchens of Central Asia, in a vivid book leavened with accessible recipes.

  • Take GPT-3 by OpenAI, which produces startling human-like prose that’s both grammatically correct and stays mostly on topic.

  • Still, Owusu’s brilliance as a prose writer keeps me hooked even in these moments of uncertainty.

  • Francine Prose, in a testament to her talents, has managed to create a wartime saga that is both original and epic.

  • Prose has created an entire world populated with characters that jump off the page.

  • In Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction, they record that obsession.

  • Washington, DC, just a few blocks from Politics and Prose bookstore.

  • The parallel to which Mr. Ward refers is that contained in the earlier part of the Prose Lancelot.

  • Finally, when a child, he was carried off by a water maiden, meer-wîb (incident 7) (Lanzelet—Prose Lancelot).

  • It is unnecessary to say that nothing resembles "Gaspard de la nuit" less than the "Poems in Prose."

  • According to the Prose Edda, the giant, overcome with fright, took out his knife and severed Thor's line.

  • Prose, art aside, must needs bristle with things to be discovered; but in verse the most trifling things appear.