"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(yǔ)例句
1. The bicycle reigned supreme as Britain's most popular mode of transport.
當(dāng)時(shí)自行車(chē)是英國(guó)最流行的交通工具。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Suddenly, the narrator speaks in his most rhetorically elevated mode.