Duke
[djuːk] or [dʊk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a British peer of the highest rank.
(noun.) a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank.
校對:马特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A leader; a chief; a prince.
(n.) In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.
(n.) In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.
(v. i.) To play the duke.
沙琳編輯
解釋/意思:
n. the highest order of nobility next below that of prince: (B.) a chieftain: on the Continent a sovereign prince.—ns. Duke′dom the title rank or territories of a duke; Duke′ling a petty duke; Duk′ery a duke's territory or seat; Duke′ship.—The Dukeries a group of ducal seats in Nottinghamshire.
編輯:威拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Then Prussia declared war in support of Austria, and the allied forces, under the Duke of Brunswick, prepared to invade France. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For ten days after this repulse the Duke of Brunswick hesitated, and then he began to fall back towards the Rhine. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He begged of high and low--of the shoeless cottage brat and the coroneted duke. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Of course, my fair readers would not have me guilty of such extreme ill-breeding as to differ in opinion from a noble duke! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The Duke of St. Austrey, who sat at his hostess's right, was naturally the chief figure of the evening. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- As a result he was soon after made First Mathematician of the University of Pisa, and also Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke’s Court of Florence. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It was undeniably exciting to meet a lady who found the van der Luydens' Duke dull, and dared to utter the opinion. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Chamberlain, take these people over to my brother, the Grand Duke's, and give them a square meal. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The Duke is here, said he. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The Duke of Leinster tells me that it is not severe, nor does it, he says, contain any libel. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The duke being of gentlemanly manners, to give everybody their due, sought to appease matters a little. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The Duke, then? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He stepped swiftly forward and touched the Duke upon the shoulder. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The most noble, I ought to say the most gracious, the Duke of Devonshire once sent me two presents! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The Grand Dukes go to that little place at the Condamine. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Who knows; we are but mortal, even marquises and dukes are but mortal. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- By the way, that last letter of the Dukes--was it found in the boy's room after he was gone? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- An Italian family ruled as Dukes of Naxos, another line governed Seriphos, but those potentates were somewhere about the fifteenth century. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- They were rather on the level of the great land-owning dukes and peers of France and England. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- What was happening to the dukes, princes, and kings of the old dispensation during this age of change? 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Others were parts of kingdoms, or even the capitals of dukes or kings. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- At last we arrived and were received at the first entrance-room by the Dukes of Devonshire and Leinster, dressed in light blue dominos. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It had no dukes, princes, counts, nor any sort of title-bearers claiming to ascendancy or respect as a right. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Oh, what a fine thing is the patronage of mighty dukes! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- But as to counts, marquises, dukes, earls, and the like, I was not so scrupulous. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
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