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prose

noun
🔊/prəʊz/
🔊/prəʊz/
 [uncountable]
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  1. writing that is not poetry散文
    • the author’s clear elegant prose (= style of writing)作者清雅的散文
    • I plan out an essay in note form before writing it up in continuous prose.我先大致写个文章的大纲，再以散文的形式写出来。
    • a passage in prose以散文的形式写的一段文章
    Topics Literature and writingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • clear
    • lucid
    • plain
    • …
    … of prose
    • piece
    verb + prose
    • write
    • write in
    • craft
    • …
    prose + noun
    • works
    • writing
    • writer
    • …
    preposition
    • in prose
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin prosa (oratio) ‘straightforward (discourse)’, feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’.