prose

Prose是英語多義詞，發音為英[prəʊz]、美[proʊz]，兼具名詞、形容詞、動詞三種詞性。其核心語義指與散文相關的表達形式，作名詞時特指區別於詩歌的文學體裁，亦可泛指書面或口語表達的平淡性；作形容詞描述散文特徵或缺乏新意的特質；作動詞則指散文寫作或冗長敘述行為。

該詞名詞用法涵蓋從經典散文到日常語言的廣泛範疇，如學術散文（academic prose）與華麗文體（purple prose）的對比。動詞形態常見於文學創作場景，包含改寫詩歌為散文（prose translation）等實踐。形容詞用法既表徵文體特徵（prose style），也延伸至對語言風格的審美評判。

術語源自古法語"prose"，可追溯至拉丁語"prosa oratio"（直白敘述）。中世紀文學作品如冰島《散文埃達》確立了散文的文體獨立性，現代用法通過"散文詩"（prose poem）等衍生概念強化文體分類功能，並在學術、教育等領域形成特定套用場景。

基本介紹

• 外文名：prose
• 詞性：名詞、形容詞、動詞
• 單詞發音：英[prəʊz]美[proʊz]
• 類別：英語單詞

單詞釋義

英 [prəʊz] 美 [proʊz]

n. 散文，白話文；（尤指待翻譯的）一段散文；平淡乏味的文章（或話語，表達法）

v. 冗長乏味地說；<舊> 把……寫成散文，把……改寫成散文；寫散文

adj. 散文的，散文式的；平凡的，乏味的

[ 複數 proses 第三人稱單數 proses 現在分詞 prosing 過去式 prosed 過去分詞 prosed ]

短語搭配

Prose Edda 散文埃達 ; 散文艾達 ; 古冰島散文集

Francine Prose 弗朗辛·普羅斯 ; 弗朗辛·珀絲 ; 普羅絲 ; 普洛斯

Prose Art 散文藝術

prose poem 散文詩

descriptive prose 描述散文

prose poetry 散文詩 ; 散文詩葉

poetry and prose 辭章 ; 辭令 ; 言辭 ; 詩歌散文

Prose Poems 散文詩 ; 憑欄望斷

雙語例句

• Shute's prose is stark and chillingly unsentimental. 舒特的散文刻板而冷峻。
• Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose. 這劇本大部分是用韻文寫的，不過有一些是用散文。
• Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition. 她的散文文風並非一直恰到好處，她會贅敘。
• In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose. 排演莎士比亞戲劇時，我苦苦地思索著他詩歌和散文中的複雜難懂之處。
• Those who do read my prose appreciate the craft with its emotional weave under a rigorous symbolic framework. 那些確實閱讀過我的散文的人都很欣賞其在嚴格的符號框架下編織情感的巧妙方法。
• Specially, science fiction is a sub-class of prose fiction, for nearly every piece of science fiction is either a short story or a novel. 特別是，科幻小說是散文小說的一個子類，因為幾乎每一部科幻小說都是短篇小說或長篇小說。
• Especially, science fiction is a sub-class of prose fiction, for nearly every piece of science fiction is either a short story or a novel. 特別是，科幻小說是散文小說的一個子類，因為幾乎每一部科幻小說都是短篇或長篇小說。
• After the first installment, Dickens wrote to the artist and asked him to correct a drawing Dickens felt was not faithful enough to his prose. 在第一期之後，狄更斯寫信給這位畫家，請他修改一幅狄更斯認為和自己的散文不那么相符的畫。
• Howdy. My name is Matthew Mullenweg. I'm a kid born and raised in Houston, Texas. I write code, prose, and music. I've taken a few pictures too. 你好。我的名字是馬修·穆倫韋格。我是一個出生並成長於德克薩斯州休斯頓的孩子。我寫代碼、散文和音樂。我也拍過一些照片。
• His adventurous song is one that "with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian Mount, while it pursues things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhyme." 他那具有冒險精神的詩歌是這樣的：“拋開了中途的旅程，要一飛沖天越過愛奧尼神山，同時追求的是散文或韻律中未曾嘗試過的事物。”
• I believe that a modern reader cannot know the associations that a line of ancient oman poetry or prose had for any particular educated sixteenth-century reader. 我相信一個現代的讀者不可能知道一行古阿曼詩歌或散文與任何一個受過教育的16世紀讀者之間的關聯。
• There is a well-known incident in one of Moliere's plays, where the author makes the hero express unbounded delight on being told that he had been talking prose during the whole of his life. 在莫里哀的一部戲劇中有一個很有名的故事：當主人公被告知他一生都在講散文時，作者讓主人公表達了無限的喜悅。
• The wonderful line he has in his last prose-fiction "Worstward Ho": Try again, fail again, fail better. 在他最後一部散文小說《Worstward Ho》中有一句精采台詞：再嘗試，再失敗，卻更好地失敗。
• Chapter two focuses on the unique construction of culture personology in his prose. 第二章側重於他散文中對文化人學的獨特建構。
• Ms. Prose depicts Lula as a feisty but daydreamy sort of girl. 帶著摻雜屈尊的喜愛，普羅斯女士將盧拉描繪成一個個性強且愛做白日夢的女孩。
• The book was Keats: Poetry And Prose. 那本書是濟慈詩歌和散文。
• It was more of poetry than prose. 那更像是詩歌而不像散文。
• It is a beautifully written prose-poem. 它寫得像散文詩一樣優美。
• It didn't produce prose of great beauty. 它沒有產生偉大的美麗的散文。
• Please turn this piece of prose into verse. 請把這段散文改寫成詩歌。
• Graceful prose does not a gentleman make. 雅致的散文並非出自紳士之手。
• A feeling of melancholy runs through his prose. 在他的散文中貫穿著一種憂鬱的情緒。
• You will have sonnets and little bits of prose. 包括十四行詩和少量的散文。
• The novel, he argues, is about the elevation of prose. 他把小說看成是散文的升華。
• Is he trying to put messy lives into perfect prose? 他是否正在嘗試將混亂的人生提煉成完美的韻文？
• He wondered if it wasn't time he turned to writing prose. 他不知道是否有時間轉而寫寫散文。
• The results on this prose document are somewhat mixed. 這段文檔上的結果稍嫌混雜。