喜樂美語
  1. 1n/duːk/ · /djuːk/公爵

    A man who has one of the highest social ranks in some countries, just below a king, queen, or prince.

    「duke」是歐洲貴族裡地位很高的男性頭銜，排在國王、王后、王子之下，可以想成「王室以外最高的貴族」。女性的對應是 duchess（女公爵或公爵夫人）。正式稱呼常寫成 the Duke of + 地名，例如 the Duke of York。

    示範例句 · Example

    The Duke of York arrived at the castle in a long black car.

    中文翻譯約克公爵搭著一輛長長的黑色轎車抵達城堡。

    常見搭配

    • the Duke of (somewhere)

      某地的公爵（頭銜）

      the title of a particular duke, named after a place

      The Duke of Edinburgh once visited our town.

    • a royal duke

      王室成員的公爵

      a duke who is a member of the royal family

      The prince was made a royal duke on his wedding day.

    意思相近

    noblemanlordpeer

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Old French duc, through Middle English duk, from Latin dux.

源自古法文 duc，來自拉丁文 dux「領袖」。

Wiktionary

One way to picture duke: near the very top of the old ladder of noble ranks — a step below the royal family itself, and above every other title. In Britain a duke holds a named piece of land (the Duke of Cambridge), so the title usually comes attached to a place.

可以想成 duke 站在舊時貴族階梯的最上面幾階：只低於王室本身，卻高過其他所有爵位。在英國，公爵的頭銜通常掛著一塊土地的名字（the Duke of Cambridge），所以你看到它時後面多半跟著一個地名。

同家族的字

dukes

意思相近

noblemanlordpeer

原始詞典資料17 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

Dukenoun/duːk/

  • 1

    The title of a duke.

    • Percy’s military career began in France under Dukes Henry and John of Lancaster; […]

Dukename/duːk/

  • 1

    A male given name from English; mostly US and rather rare.

  • 2

    A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of a duke, or from a nickname.

  • 3

    informalA male nickname.

  • 4

    informalA male nickname.

    • "Whoa there, pardner," Kiril said in his best Duke impression, and grabbed hold of the armrest to keep from rolling into Fyodor's lap.
  • 5

    A place name:

  • 6

    A place name:

dukenoun/dʒuːk/

  • 1

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

  • 2

    The sovereign of a small state.

  • 3

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

  • 4

    A grand duke.

  • 5

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

  • 6

    slangA fist.

    • Put up your dukes!
    • “Your friend sure knows how to use his dukes. Biff, bang! One, two, and the copʼs on his ass!”

dukeverb/dʒuːk/

  • 1

    informalTo hit or beat with the fists.

    • It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife […].
  • 2

    slangTo give cash to; to give a tip to.

    • I duked him twenty dollars.
  • 3

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

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • Duke University

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。