及物动词 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。

不及物动词 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。