n.[C]

1. 方法，做法，方式[（+of）]
   Riding on a donkey is a slow mode of travel.

   骑驴子旅行是一种缓慢的旅行方式。

2. 形式，型；种类[（+of）]
   She is not used to the formal mode of address.

   她不习惯于这种正式称呼。

3. （服饰等的）式样，时式；流行，风尚[the S]
   Short skirts are the mode in her school.

   短裙是她学校的流行服饰。

4. 【语】情态，语气
5. 【音】调式
6. 文体，风格
   Each year brings a new mode and a new crop of artists.

   每年都会产生一种新的风格，诞生一批新的艺术家。

7. 【哲】模式，程序

n.

1. a way in which something occurs or is done:
   his preferred mode of travel was a bike.
   ▸Computing  a way of operating a system.
   ▸Physics  any of the kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system.
   ▸Logic  the character of a modal proposition.
   ▸Logic  & Grammar  another term for mood².
2. a style in clothes, art, etc.
3. Statistics  the value that occurs most frequently in a given data set.
4. Music  a set of notes forming a scale, from which melodies and harmonies are constructed.