modal

B1

a. 形式的, 样式的, 形态上的, 模态的 [计] 模态的

发音

UK /ˈməʊdəl/
其它
CA /ˈmoʊdəl/
其它
US /ˈmoʊdəl/
AU /ˈməʉdəl/

词形变化

modals 复数 more modal 比较级 most modal 最高级

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A modal proposition.

    数学 哲学
  2. 2.

    A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.

    语言学
  3. 3.

    A modal verb.

    语言学
  4. 4.

    A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.

    计算机 工程 数学
  5. 1.

    A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.

    不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, or relating to a mode or modus.

  2. 2.

    Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.

    语言学
  3. 3.

    Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.

    音乐
  4. 4.

    Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.

    In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.

    音乐 引申义
  5. 5.

    Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.

    数学 哲学
  6. 6.

    Relating to the statistical mode.

    数学
  7. 7.

    Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.

    计算机 工程 数学
  8. 8.

    Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.

    计算机 工程 数学

    a modal dialog; a modal window

  9. 9.

    Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.

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词源

From Middle French modal, from Medieval Latin modālis (“pertaining to a mode”), from Latin modus (“mode”). Compare to French, Spanish, and Portuguese modal and Italian modale. By surface analysis, mod(e) + -al.

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