"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)).
例文
1. The bicycle reigned supreme as Britain 's most popular mode of transport.
当時、自転車はイギリスで最もポピュラーな乗り物だった。
2.Suddenly,the narrator speaks in his most rhetorically elevated mode .
突然、解説者が高揚した扇情的な口調で解説し始めた。
3.Page Mode shows headers,footers,footnotes and page numbers.