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composite

adjective
🔊/ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
🔊/kəmˈpɑːzət/
[only before noun]
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  1. made of different parts or materials合成的；混成的；复合的
    • a composite picture (= one made from several pictures)合成照片
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryComposite is used with these nouns:
    • material
    • picture
    • sketch
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (describing a number having more than one digit): via French from Latin compositus, past participle of componere ‘put together’.

composite

noun
🔊/ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
🔊/kəmˈpɑːzət/
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  1. [countable] something made by putting together different parts or materials合成物；混合物；复合材料
    • The document was a composite of information from various sources.这份文件是不同来源信息的综合。🔊🔊
  2. [uncountable, countable] a mixture of different materials used for building, making objects, etc.合成的；混成的；复合的
    • The balls are now made of plastic composite instead of leather.现在这些球是用塑料复合材料代替皮革制成的。
  3. (also composite sketch)
     (both especially North American English)
    (British English usually identikit)
    [countable] a picture of a person who is wanted by the police, made by putting together photographs of different features of faces from information that is given by somebody who has seen the person 容貌拼图（根据目击者描述拼制出人的面部画像，尤用于警方要捉拿的人）compare E-fit™Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (describing a number having more than one digit): via French from Latin compositus, past participle of componere ‘put together’.