在現成的東西上動手改
核心本身，一個名詞面、一個動詞面。
verb · B2
To change something you already own or use — most often a game or program, but also a machine or a vehicle — so that it works or looks the way you want rather than the way it was sold.
改造
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 改造 · 摩德族
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mod
n, v核心畫面
One way to hold this word: something already finished, opened up and reshaped by the person using it. The starting point is never blank. There is a bike, a keyboard, a game, and someone decides it should be a little different from the way it left the factory. The change is theirs, not the maker's — which is why people list their mods the way other people list what they have built.
這個字可以想成：一樣已經做好的東西，被使用它的人打開來重新弄過。起點從來不是空白的。桌上有一台腳踏車、一個鍵盤、一款…更多收起
這個字可以想成：一樣已經做好的東西，被使用它的人打開來重新弄過。起點從來不是空白的。桌上有一台腳踏車、一個鍵盤、一款遊戲。有人決定它應該跟出廠時不太一樣。改的內容是使用者決定的，不是廠商決定的。所以講到自己的 mods，語氣常常帶著一點得意。From the word’s history
Wiktionary lists this mod under etymology 1 (Abbreviations) and marks the noun sense as a clipping of modification; the verb sense is to modify something from its original condition. Both point at the same picture: a change made to something that already exists.
Wiktionary 把這一組列在 etymology 1（Abbreviations），名詞標為 clipping of modification，動詞寫的是 to modify an object from its original condition。兩邊指向同一個畫面：在既有的東西上動手改。
Wiktionary, mod (English), etymology 1, noun sense 2 and verb sense 0 (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:620757376)
From the picture
Also in this word
noun · B2
A change that someone makes to a thing they already own or use, so that it works or looks different from the way it came.
改裝
noun · B2
A package made by players rather than by the company, which changes a video game or adds to it — new maps, new clothes for characters, new rules, or a fix for something people dislike.
遊戲模組
A second word, same spelling
2
mod
n核心畫面
A third mod, again only sharing the spelling. This one is a photograph from Britain in the 1960s: a pressed suit, short hair, a scooter polished until it shines. The name is short for modernist, because these young people thought of themselves as the up-to-date ones, and looking sharp was the whole statement.
第三個 mod，一樣只是拼法相同。這個可以想成一張一九六〇年代英國的照片：燙過的西裝、剪短的頭髮、擦得發亮的速克達。…更多收起
第三個 mod，一樣只是拼法相同。這個可以想成一張一九六〇年代英國的照片：燙過的西裝、剪短的頭髮、擦得發亮的速克達。名字來自 modernist，因為這群年輕人自認走在時代前面。穿得俐落就是他們要說的話。From the word’s history
Wiktionary's citation for this sense spells the name out: the Mods, or Moderns, wore sharply cut Italian-style suits and rode motor scooters. LDOCE describes the same group: young people in 1960s Britain in neat clothes, listening to soul music, riding scooters.
Wiktionary 在這個意思底下引的例句直接寫出了來源：the Mods, or Moderns，穿義大利剪裁的西裝、騎速克達。LDOCE 描述的是同一群人：一九六〇年代英國的年輕人，衣著整齊、聽靈魂樂、騎速克達。
Wiktionary, mod (English), etymology 1, noun sense 1 citation (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:620757376); LDOCE entry mod, noun, British English
原始詞典資料25 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
modnoun詞源 1/mɑd/
- 1
An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
- 2
A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
- It was “Mods” against “Rockers” and the police against both as this quiet seaside town of 28,000 exploded with teen‐age violence during the Easter weekend. […] The “Mods” or “Moderns” wear sharply cut Italian‐style suits and long, pointed “winklepicker” shoes. They ride motor scooters fitted with scores of gleaming accesories^([sic]).
- 3
video-gamesAn end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
- Since Doom II, thousands of gamers had begun modifying id's products and making them available for free online. Doom fans would communicate entirely over the Internet to create mods of the game—often never even meeting in person or, for that matter, talking on the phone.
- 4
A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
- The mods had a difficult time deciding whether to believe a story about a man who was attracted to his girlfriend only when she was grieving her dead sister, but it stayed up.
- 5
A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
- Mods, kill this guy with hammers.
- 6
informalcomputingengineeringmathematicsA module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
- I'd like to convert some of the arch^([sic]) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
- These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
- 7
climbinghobbieslifestyleA moderately difficult route.
- 8
informalModerations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
- It will thus be seen that, however well a boy may have been trained at school, his time may be amply occupied in preparing for Mods. during his first year and a half of residence at Oxford.
modverb詞源 1/mɑd/
- 1
informalTo modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
- His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.
- 2
video-gamesTo install or create a mod.
- Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.
- 3
informalTo moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
- Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.
- I used to mod that forum.
modnoun詞源 2
- 1
A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
modadj詞源 3
- 1
slangCrazy, insane.
- Have you listened to Kendrick's new album? It's absolutely mod!
- now mans have to beat uruguay to advance, dec 2nd gonna be the moddest day revenge for 2010
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。