compose/kəm'pəʊz $ -'poʊz/

v.

➊ form sth

➋ write or create a work of art, esp. music or poetry

➊[T] 组成，构成：Immigrants compose 25 percent of the city's population. 外来移民占了这个城市人口的25%。

➋ [T; I] 创作，谱写；作曲：Beethoven composed nine symphonies. 贝多芬创作了九部交响曲。

be composed of sth 由…组成：The team is composed of 10 students. 这个队由10名学生组成。

构词com- + pose (= put)

同根 expose; oppose; position; suppose