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。