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composer of [something]
of后接作品类型或领域。
Beethoven was a composer of symphonies.
贝多芬是一位交响乐作曲家。
作曲家
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
作曲家
a person who writes music, especially as a profession
Beethoven was a composer of symphonies.
贝多芬是一位交响乐作曲家。
创作者；著作者。
One who composes; an author.
以作曲为职业的人
someone who composes music as a profession
使安静或平静的人或事物。
One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
The composer wrote a symphony for the orchestra.
这位作曲家为管弦乐队写了一部交响曲。
Mozart is one of the most famous composers in history.
莫扎特是历史上最著名的作曲家之一。
She dreams of becoming a composer of film scores.
她梦想成为一名电影配乐作曲家。
of后接作品类型或领域。
Beethoven was a composer of symphonies.
贝多芬是一位交响乐作曲家。
as表示职业身份。
She works as a composer for film scores.
她是一名电影配乐作曲家。
作曲家作为主语，后接创作类动词。
The composer wrote a new opera.
这位作曲家写了一部新歌剧。
Not this
He is composer.
Use this
He is a composer.
在英语中，可数名词单数前通常需要加冠词（如a/an/the）。中文说“他是作曲家”没有冠词，但英语必须加a，表示“一位作曲家”。
Not this
She composes a famous composer.
Use this
She is a famous composer.
Compose是动词（创作），而composer是名词（作曲家）。此处需要名词表示身份，应用composer，且需加冠词a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
电影作曲家
Hans Zimmer is a renowned film composer.
汉斯·季默是一位著名的电影作曲家。
古典作曲家
Mozart was a prolific classical composer.
莫扎特是一位多产的古典作曲家。
著名作曲家
She is a renowned composer from Japan.
她是一位来自日本的著名作曲家。
当代作曲家
Many contemporary composers experiment with electronic sounds.
许多当代作曲家尝试电子声音。
歌剧作曲家
Verdi was an Italian opera composer.
威尔第是一位意大利歌剧作曲家。
……的作曲家
He is the composer of that symphony.
他是那部交响曲的作曲家。
作曲家是这样一种人：他四处奔走，把自己的意志强加于毫无防备的空气分子之上，常常还借助一些可疑地组织起来的群体的帮助。
Frank Zappa, a musician and composer, humorously defined the role of a composer.
音乐家兼作曲家弗兰克·扎帕幽默地定义了作曲家的角色。
每位作曲家都深知决定舍弃什么的痛苦。
Aaron Copland, a renowned American composer, reflected on the creative process.
著名美国作曲家艾伦·科普兰反思了创作过程。
Use composer naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
作曲家：'compose'是创作，-er是人，整体即作曲的人。想象贝多芬在谱写《命运》。
中性；多用于音乐创作、专业作曲领域
Only 'proposer' truly rhymes with 'composer' because it shares the same stressed vowel /oʊ/ and following sounds /zər/ with stress on the second syllable. Words like 'poser' and 'closer' have the same vowel but different stress (first syllable), so they do not rhyme strictly. Others ('loser', 'user', 'chooser') use different vowels (/uː/) and first-syllable stress, so they are only spelling lookalikes.
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