compose

[kəm'pəuz]

v.作曲, 创作, 编排, 形成, 使镇静

例句与用法:

He was composing at the piano at the age of seven.

他7岁时就会钢琴作曲。

Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

水由氢和氧组成。

词形变化:

动词过去式: composed | 动词过去分词: composed | 动词现在分词: composing | 动词第三人称单数: composes |

详细释义:

vt.

1. 作(诗, 曲等); 构(图)

He spent his spare time composing poetry.

他用空余时间写诗。

2. 使安定, 使平静, 使镇静

She composed herself to answer the letters.

她静下心来写回信。

3. 调停(纠纷等)

4. 【印】排(字), 排……的版

5. 组成, 构成[H][(+of)]

Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

水是由氢和氧组成的。

vi.

1. 作诗, 作曲, 构图

That child prodigy began to compose at the age of five.

那个神童五岁就开始作诗了。

2. 排字


短语词组:

composed of

1. 由……组成

Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

水是由氢氧组成的。

compose oneself

1. 镇定

She was nervous at first but soon composed herself.

她一开始有些紧张, 但很快就镇定下来了。