mode
/məʊd/noun
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- a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done方法, 做法; 方式; 模式：
his preferred mode of travel was a kayak
他喜欢的旅行方式是爱斯基摩划子
differences between language modes, namely speech and writing.
语式, 即口头语和书面语之间的差别。
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- an option allowing a change in the method of operation of a device, especially a camera（尤指照相机）使用模式, 运行状态：
a camcorder in automatic mode.
处于自动状态的便携式摄录机。
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- Computing a way of operating or using a system【计算机】方法; 模式：
some computers provide several so-called processor modes.
有些计算机提供好几种所谓的处理模式。
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- Physics any of the distinct kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system【物理】模（式）, 波型; 振荡模, 振荡型。
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- Logic the character of a modal proposition (whether necessary, contingent, possible, or impossible)【逻】（模态命题的）式, 形式。
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- a fashion or style in clothes, art, literature, etc.（服饰）式样, 时式; （艺术、文学的）风尚, 风格：
in the Seventies the mode for active wear took hold.
70年代流行活泼的着装。
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- Statistics the value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data【统计】众数。
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- Music a set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are constructed【乐】调式。
The modes of plainsong and later Western music (including the usual major and minor scales) correspond to the diatonic scales played on the white notes of a piano. They are named arbitrarily after ancient Greek modes: Ionian (or major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian.
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