"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)).
雙語例句
1. The bicycle reigned supreme as Britain's most popular mode of transport.
當時自行車是英國最流行的交通工具。
來自柯林斯例句
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解說起來。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Page Mode shows headers, footers, footnotes and page numbers.