composure

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kəmˈpəʊʒə/    美 /kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Calmness of mind or temperament. countable,uncountable
    — That all may see who hate us, how we seek Peace and composure […]
  2. The act of composing countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — 1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592, […] Signʳ Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
  3. Something which is composed; a composition. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  4. Orderly adjustment; disposition. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […]
  5. Frame; make; temperament. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] his composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish […]
  6. A combination; a union; a bond. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] their fraction is more our wish than their faction: but it was a strong composure a fool could disunite.

词形变化

composures plural

词汇关系

衍生词
discomposure noncomposure

词源

Etymology tree
English compose
English -ure
English composure
From compose + -ure.
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