"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)).
实用例句
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。来自柯林斯例句
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。来自柯林斯例句
3. Page Mode shows headers, footers, footnotes and page numbers.
