duke

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. A fist. plural-normally,slang
    — Put up your dukes!
动词 v.
  1. To hit or beat with the fists. informal,transitive
    — It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife […].
  2. To give cash to; to give a tip to. slang,transitive
    — I duked him twenty dollars.
  3. To perform the duties of, or rule over as, a duke.

词形变化

dukes plural dukes present,singular,third-person duking participle,present duked participle,past duked past

词汇关系

衍生词
archduke beduke Duke blue duke cherry Duke City dukedom dukeling dukely Duke of Norfolk's Island Duke of York's Island dukery Dukes County dukeship dukicide grand duke grand dukedom put up one's dukes unduke duke it out duke in duke it duke out duke up
相关词
ducal duchess duchy grand duchy

词源

词源 1
From Old French duc, through Middle English duk, duke, from Latin dux, ducis. Displaced native Old English heretoga. Was present as duc in late Old English, from the same Latin source. Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and dux. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-, which is also the source of the second component in German Herzog.
The “fist” sense is thought to be Cockney rhyming slang where “Duke(s) of York” = fork. Fork is itself Cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.
词源 2
From Old French duc, through Middle English duk, duke, from Latin dux, ducis. Displaced native Old English heretoga. Was present as duc in late Old English, from the same Latin source. Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and dux. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-, which is also the source of the second component in German Herzog.
The “fist” sense is thought to be Cockney rhyming slang where “Duke(s) of York” = fork. Fork is itself Cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.
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