mode

英 [m??d] 美[mod]

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復(fù)數(shù):?modes;

mode 模式，方式，方法

來自拉丁語modus,標(biāo)準，尺度，容量，節(jié)奏，限度，節(jié)制，方式，來自PIE*med,測量，考慮，手段，方法，詞源同measure,medical,meter.

mode (n.1): "manner," late 14c., "kind of musical scale," from Latin modus "measure, extent, quantity; proper measure, rhythm, song; a way, manner, fashion, style" (in Late Latin also "mood" in grammar and logic), from PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures" (see medical). Meaning "manner in which a thing is done" first recorded 1660s.
mode (n.2): "current fashion," 1640s, from French mode "manner, fashion, style" (15c.), from Latin modus "manner" (see mode (n.1)).

1. The bicycle reigned supreme as Britain's most popular mode of transport.: 當(dāng)時自行車是英國最流行的交通工具。

2. Suddenly, the narrator speaks in his most rhetorically elevated mode.: 突然，解說員開始用高昂煽情的語調(diào)解說起來。

3. Page Mode shows headers, footers, footnotes and page numbers.: 頁面模式可以顯示頁眉、頁腳、腳注和頁碼。