compose

compose: 1. create or put together; 2. constitute; 3. calm one's mind or body

create or put together

• 堆砌文字、码字。所以compose: 写, 创作。

calm one's mind or body

• pose [Origin: poser, from Late Latin pausare 'to stop, rest']
• stop和rest才是摆姿势的奥义。画画需要很长时间(除非速写)，银版让照相的曝光时间从8小时缩短到了20分钟。我是没有连续8小时比剪刀手的本事。
• repose: 1. rest; lie 休息, 躺; 2. lay (an arm, etc) on sb/sth for support 相当明确地规定了休息姿势。
• stop, rest和calm one's mind or body意思差不多。
• expose [Origin: exposer, from Latin exponere 'to put out, explain', from ponere 'to put'] 把……摆出来——揭露。
• transpose [Origin: transposer, from Latin transponere 'to change the position of', from ponere 'to put']
• oppose: 角力和双方的位置position有关。摔跤时把对方的位置改变到场地外是获胜的一种手段。

compose | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)

c. 1400, compousen, "to write" (a book), from Old French composer "put together, compound; adjust, arrange; write" a work (12c.), from com- "with, together" + poser "to place," from Late Latin pausare "to cease, lay down".

Meaning influenced in Old French by componere "to arrange, direct", which gradually was replaced in French by composer. Similar confusion is found in expose, oppose, repose, transpose, etc.

Meaning "to make or form by uniting two or more things" is from late 15c. Sense of "be the substance or elements of, make up" is from 1540s. Sense of "invent and put (music) into proper form" is from 1590s. From c. 1600 as "bring into a composed state, to cal, quiet;" from 1650s as "place (parts or elements) in proper form, arrange."

In painting, "combine into an arrangement with artistic effect" (1782). In printing, "put into type" (1630s), but the usual term among printers was set. The printers' composing room is from 1737.

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When using Microsoft IMEs [Input Method Editor] to edit text, there will be a dotted line under the text, and the line is called Composition Window. You can choose, change, and edit text in the Composition Window until Enter key is pressed to output the text from the Composition Window or other output function is used, such as Sentence Complete Punctuation.

Composition Window in Legacy IMEs (如区位输入法) only serves as a display window for Candidate list after input sequence are inputted. After a character is selected, the Composition Window closes until another character is entered.

六级/考研单词: compose, constitute, pose, exposition, offline, dictionary, compound, gradual, confuse, unite, edit, legacy