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词汇 duke
释义 duke
noun[ C ]
uk /dʒuːk/ us /duːk/
a man of very high rank in a country, or the ruler of a small independent country公爵;小公国的君主
Examples

They claim to be descendants of a French duke.他们自称是一位法国公爵的后代。
They trace their line of descent back to a French duke.他们的先人可以追溯到一位法国公爵。
The duke is desirous of meeting you.公爵渴望见到你。
The order of precedence for titled nobility in Britain is duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron.在英国有爵位的贵族级别依次为公爵、侯爵、伯爵、子爵和男爵。
The play revolves round the betrothal of a duke to a doctor's daughter.该剧围绕一名公爵与一个医生的女儿的婚约展开。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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accession
anointed
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mister
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morganatic
Mr
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Rt. Hon.
Shah
sheikh
sire
duke
verb[ T ]
USinformaluk /dʒuːk/ us /duːk/
 duke it out
to fight with fists(= closed hands):
In the opening scene, Bond and his adversary are duking it out on top of a train.
to compete or argue against each other:
Smaller universities could lose out if they have to duke it out for funding.
Examples from literature

And finally, as you saw, she drove off to the house of the duke, still in high good humor. 
It was the king and the duke. 
The duke was thinking he'd been doing pretty well till the king come to show up, but after that he didn't think so so much. 
There is only one difficulty, duke. 
Whatever he might pretend, the duke secretly confessed his son's superiority and his genius for intrigue, and he was now extremely anxious to consult him. 

duke | American Dictionary


duke
noun[ C ]
us/duk /
(in some countries) a title of a man who has a very high social rank or who is the ruler of a small, independent country, or the person himself

Examples of duke


duke
Florence's identity and fame rested upon its place as the showpiece of the grand dukes' patronage, taste, and power.
Indeed, the totally uncompromising politics of this duke, in particular, can hardly be explained in any other way.
And tomorrow the duke will be on his way !
Fears of a military mutiny were not limited to the duke's opponents.
Here other commentators made the allegations swirling about the duke positively lethal.
By 1857, the sixth duke could not on his own ensure the return of any candidate.
Such a move is sometimes called a duke move.
The following extract, written as a retrospective summary, makes the duke's affinities to the political language of neo-classicism most explicit.
Successive dukes had introduced linen and wool manufacturing into the parish.
His involvement in mining technology and geology resulted from his need to advise the duke on policy issues.
The significance of the duke's two devices has been the subject of some discussion.
In other words, if a duke can always escape from a 5-devil, then a 4-angel can escape from a 1-devil.
These dukes have their own domains and political regimes, and seek to develop independently.
These clerics were likely to be younger sons of the aristocracy thus of the same social class as the dukes themselves.
Now duke moves turn into 4-angel moves.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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