composition

名词 n.
/ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/    /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/|/ˌkɔmpəˈzɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of putting together; assembly. countable,uncountable
  2. A mixture or compound; the result of composing. countable,uncountable
    — Ste. What do'st thou know me for? Kent. A Knave, a Rascall, [...] one that would'st be a Baud in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a Kave, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, one whom I will beate in to clamours whining, if thou deny'st the least sillable of thy addition.
  3. The proportion of different parts to make a whole. countable,uncountable
    — And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
  4. The general makeup of a thing or person. countable,uncountable
    — John of Gaunt. O how that name befits my composition! Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old: Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?
  5. A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task. countable,uncountable
  6. An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — It will stoope and yeeld upon better compositions to him that shall make head against it.
  7. A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — He hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in Florence, of a most chaste renown; and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honour: he hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself made in the unchaste composition.
  8. A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.; A payment of fine in order to settle a (usually minor) criminal charge. Singapore,countable,obsolete,uncountable
  9. an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor. countable,uncountable
  10. An essay. countable,uncountable
  11. The formation of compound words from separate words. countable,uncountable
  12. A work of music, literature or art. countable,uncountable
    — […] and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb.
  13. Typesetting. countable,uncountable
  14. Applying a function to the result of another. countable,uncountable
  15. The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force. countable,uncountable
  16. Consistency; accord; congruity. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — There is no composition in these news That gives them credit.
  17. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. countable,uncountable
    — The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.
  18. The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture. countable,uncountable
  19. Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones. countable,uncountable
  20. The characters, roles, weapons, etc. being used by a team. countable,uncountable
    — team composition

词形变化

compositions plural

词源

From Middle English composicioun, borrowed from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, compositiōnem.
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