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核心畫面

From Latin 'modus' = measure, manner, way. The core picture is 'one particular way among several' — a chosen manner, setting, or style in which something is done or runs. Whether it's a way of living, a setting on a machine, the look that's in fashion, or a scale in music, each is 'this way rather than that way'.

源自拉丁文 modus「尺度、方式、樣態」。核心畫面可以想成「幾種做法當中的某一種」——一件事被選定用哪一種方式去做…更多收起源自拉丁文 modus「尺度、方式、樣態」。核心畫面可以想成「幾種做法當中的某一種」——一件事被選定用哪一種方式去做、去運作、去呈現。不管是過日子的方式、機器的設定、當下流行的樣式，還是音樂裡的某種音階，都是「用這一種，而不是那一種」。

From the word’s history

From Latin modus (a measure, manner, way), via French. All the modern senses are flavours of 'a particular manner or way' — the machine setting, the fashion, and the musical scale are each 'a specific selectable way' of running, dressing, or arranging notes.

源自拉丁文 modus（尺度、方式、樣態），經由法文進入英語。現代各個意思都是「某一種特定方式」的變體——機器設定、流行樣式、音樂調式，分別是運作、穿著、排列音符上「可選的某一種方式」。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'mode'

Four branches

做事的方式

最貼核心：一件事被用某一種方式去做、去活、去表現，或人因處境而進入某種狀態。

way of doing something · noun · C1

A particular way or style of doing, living, or behaving.

方式 / 模式

機器的運作模式

把「某一種運作方式」裝進機器：一台裝置可以切換的某種工作狀態。

device setting · noun · C1

A particular way that a machine or device can work.

模式

流行樣式

把「某一種樣式」用到穿著打扮上：某個時期大家流行的那一種風格。

fashion/style · noun · C1

The style of clothes or things that is popular at a certain time.

流行 / 時尚

音樂調式

把「某一種排列方式」用到音符上：安排音階的某一套系統。

musical mode · noun · C1

One of the systems of arranging musical notes, such as major and minor.

調式

原始詞典資料16 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。

modenoun詞源 1/moʊd/

  • 1

    A particular means of accomplishing something.

    • What was the mode of entry?
    • An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.
  • 2

    engineeringmathematicsnatural-sciencesA particular means of accomplishing something.

    • common-mode
    • differential-mode
  • 3

    electrical-engineeringelectromagnetismengineeringA particular means of accomplishing something.

    • longitudinal mode
    • transverse mode
  • 4

    computingengineeringmathematicsA particular means of accomplishing something.

    • In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.
  • 5

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA particular means of accomplishing something.

    • airplane mode; night mode
    • The car was then placed into its Level 2 driving mode, much like you would for the current adaptive cruise control systems.
  • 6

    video-gamesA particular means of accomplishing something.

    • Campaign mode (the career mode that includes the notorious Gran Turismo driving school) is off limits while offline. Also unavailable offline: buying new cars, viewing your garage, editing car liveries, and even the "taking photos of fancy cars in exotic scenery" mode.
    • I've stumbled over gaming's simplest hurdles, been humiliated by the lowliest of enemies and will often go for an easy mode if one's available, and yet I've run through Bloodborne twice without ever really breaking much of a sweat.
  • 7

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA particular means of accomplishing something.

  • 8

    human-sciencesphilosophysciencesA particular means of accomplishing something.

另外 7 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    transportA particular means of accomplishing something.

    • It makes relatively little difference in mode choice except that some high income people avoid bus trips of 100 miles or more and except for the tendency of upper income people when traveling on business to travel by air.
  • 10

    A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

    • After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.
    • After being stabbed, he went into survival mode until he got to the hospital.
  • 11

    mathematicssciencesstatisticsThe most frequently occurring value in a distribution.

  • 12

    entertainmentlifestylemusicOne of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.

  • 13

    entertainmentlifestylemusicOne of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.

  • 14

    businessmanufacturingtextilesIn lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.

  • 15

    obsoletebusinessmanufacturingtextilesIn lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.

modenoun詞源 2/moʊd/

  • 1

    Style or fashion; popular trend.

    • Her wardrobe is always in mode.
    • The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.

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。