duke

noun

/djuːk/

/duːk/

a nobleman of the highest rank公爵
- the Duke of Edinburgh爱丁堡公爵
Topics People in societyb2
(in some parts of Europe, especially in the past) a male leader of a small independent state（尤指旧时欧洲部分地区小公国的）君主

see also archduke, duchess, duchy, grand duke

词源Old English (denoting the ruler of a duchy), from Old French duc, from Latin dux, duc- ‘leader’; related to ducere ‘to lead’.

verb

/djuːk/

/duːk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they duke	/djuːk/ /duːk/
he / she / it dukes	/djuːks/ /duːks/
past simple duked	/djuːkt/ /duːkt/
past participle duked	/djuːkt/ /duːkt/
-ing form duking	/ˈdjuːkɪŋ/ /ˈduːkɪŋ/

Idioms

duke it out

(North American English, informal) to fight or argue until an argument has been settled（打斗或争论）拼个高低Topics Opinion and argumentc2

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