Compose



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 写, 创作; 组成
• ［英］ v. 写, 创作 ( write [music opera, etc]) ; 组成 ( of elements of sth form a whole)
• ［记］ com ( 一起) +pose ( 放) -> 放到一起 -> 组成
• ［同］ 派生词: composer ( n. 创作者, 作曲家) ; composition ( n. 作品)

Webster Collegiate

verb (composed; composing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French composer, from Latin componere (perfect indicative composui) — more at compound
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to form by putting together ; fashion committee composed of three representatives — Current Biography
    • b. to form the substance of ; constitute <composed of many ingredients
    • c. to produce (as columns or pages of type) by composition
  • 2.
    • a. to create by mental or artistic labor ; produce <compose a sonnet
    • b.
      • (1) to formulate and write (a piece of music)
      • (2) to compose music for
  • 3. to deal with or act on so as to reduce to a minimum <compose their differences
  • 4. to arrange in proper or orderly form
  • 5. to free from agitation ; calm, settle <composed himself
• intransitive verb
  • to practice composition

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