compose
verb- [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
- [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） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- specially
- [transitive]
(not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 to combine together to form a whole 组成，构成（一个整体） Ten people compose the committee. 十个人组成了这个委员会。
- [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
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’.