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A ducat was a gold coin used in several European countries in the past, for a long stretch of years. Venice made the most famous ones; traders liked them because the gold was trusted. You will see the word in history books, old plays, and stories about money (“not for a thousand ducats”). Nobody pays with ducats now. Though actually, older English sometimes uses “ducats” as a joke word for money in general, the way people also say “gold.” That joke use is old-fashioned too. The same word is also an English surname, once a name for a moneylender or a rich man, from the coin.
杜卡特（舊時歐洲金幣，威尼斯的最有名）
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Ducatname
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A surname.
ducatnoun/ˈdʌkət/
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historicalA gold coin minted by various European nations.
- Shylock: "My daughter! O my ducats! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!..."
- But when the innkeeper saw what kind of goat the lad had, he thought this was a goat worth having, so when the lad had fallen asleep, he took another goat which couldn't make any golden ducats, and put that in its place.
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informalA coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
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slangentertainmentlifestyletheaterA ticket.
- Ned Beaumont said, "Well, I've got a ducat that reads to there, anyway.
- Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。