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

v.

1. write or create (a musical or written work).
   ▸arrange so as to form an artistic whole.
2. (of elements) constitute or make up (a whole).
3. [often as adj. composed] calm or settle (one's features or thoughts).
4. prepare (a text) for printing by setting up the characters to be printed.
5. archaic settle (a dispute).