com·pose
verb/kəmˈpəʊz/
/kəmˈpəʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they compose | /kəmˈpəʊz/ /kəmˈpəʊz/ |
| he / she / it composes | /kəmˈpəʊzɪz/ /kəmˈpəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple composed | /kəmˈpəʊzd/ /kəmˈpəʊzd/ |
| past participle composed | /kəmˈpəʊzd/ /kəmˈpəʊzd/ |
| -ing form composing | /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] compose (something) to write music
作曲；创作（音乐） - Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died.
莫扎特在创作出他最后一部歌剧后不久便去世了。 - music specially composed for the occasion
专门为这个场合谱写的乐曲
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- specially
- Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died.
- [transitive] compose a letter/speech/poem to write a letter, etc. usually with a lot of care and thought
撰写（信函、讲稿、诗歌等） - She composed a letter of protest.
她写了一封抗议信。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- specially
- She composed a letter of protest.
- [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) compose something (formal) to combine together to form a whole
组成，构成（一个整体） - Ten people compose the committee.
委员会由十人组成。
- Ten people compose the committee.
- [transitive, no passive] (formal) to manage to control your feelings or expression
使镇静；使平静 - compose yourself Emma frowned, making an effort to compose herself.
埃玛皱起了眉头，努力使自己镇定下来。 - compose something I was so confused that I could hardly compose my thoughts.
我心烦意乱难以镇定思绪。
- compose yourself Emma frowned, making an effort to compose herself.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘put together, construct’): from Old French composer, from Latin componere, from com- ‘together’ + ponere ‘put’, but influenced by Latin compositus ‘composed’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.