duke

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n. 公爵

发音

UK /dʒuːk/
US /dʒuːk/

词形变化

dukes 复数 dukes duked dukes 三单 duking duking 现在分词 duked 过去式 duked 过去分词

别名

dook

教材释义与例句

名词

公爵，（公国的）君主；公爵（种）樱桃

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).

    公爵

  2. 2.

    The sovereign of a small state.

  3. 3.

    A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

  4. 4.

    A grand duke.

  5. 5.

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.

  6. 6.

    A fist.

    俚语

    Put up your dukes!

v.
  1. 1.

    To hit or beat with the fists.

    非正式 及物
  2. 2.

    To give cash to; to give a tip to.

    俚语 及物

    I duked him twenty dollars.

  3. 3.

    To perform the duties of, or rule over as, a duke.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

lord noble peer nobleman

下位词 1

Duke of Edinburgh

相关短语

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词源

From Old French duc, through Middle English duk, duke, from Latin dux, ducis. Displaced native Old English heretoga. Was present as duc in late Old English, from the same Latin source. Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and dux. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-, which is also the source of the second component in German Herzog. The “fist” sense is thought to be Cockney rhyming slang where “Duke(s) of York” = fork. Fork is itself Cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.

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