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单词 duke
释义 duke
 /doohk, dyoohk/,  n.  ,  v.  , duked, duking.
  n.  
  1. (in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
  2. a British nobleman holding the highest hereditary title outside the royal family, ranking immediately below a prince and above a marquis; a member of the highest rank of the British peerage. Cf. royal duke.
  3. a nobleman of corresponding rank in certain other countries.
  4. a cultivated hybrid of the sweet and sour cherry.
  5. dukes, Slang. fists; hands: Put up your dukes.
  v.t.  
  6.  Slang.   to hit or thrash with the fists (sometimes fol. by out): He duked me because he said I had insulted him. The bully said he was going to duke out anyone who disagreed.
  7. duke it out, to fight, esp. with the fists; do battle: The adversaries were prepared to duke it out in the alley.
 [1100-50; ME duke, duc, late OE duc < OF duc, dus, dux < ML dux hereditary ruler of a small state, L: leader; see DUX; dukes "fists" of unclear derivation and perh. of distinct orig.]
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