mode

英 [məʊd] 美 [mod]

mode 模式，方式，方法

来自拉丁语modus,标准，尺度，容量，节奏，限度，节制，方式，来自PIE*med,测量，考虑，手段，方法，词源同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.: 当时自行车是英国最流行的交通工具。

2. Suddenly, the narrator speaks in his most rhetorically elevated mode.: 突然，解说员开始用高昂煽情的语调解说起来。

3. Page Mode shows headers, footers, footnotes and page numbers.: 页面模式可以显示页眉、页脚、脚注和页码。