a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle (尤指机械或车辆的)部件,零件;(构成整体的)组成部分,成分 ■each of two or more forces, velocities, or other vectors acting in different directions which are together equivalent to a given vector 分力
adjective
[attrib.]constituting part of a larger whole; constituent 组成的;构成的 the component elements of the armed forces. 武装部队的组成部分。
派生 componentize verb
(亦作 componentise)
语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin component- 'putting together', from the verb componere, from com- 'together' + ponere 'put'. Compare with compound