duchess
美音:
[´dʌtʃəs
]英音:
[´dʌtʃəs
]n.公爵夫人,女公爵
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duchess为短语/超纲词汇
duchess
/'dʌtʃɪs; `dʌtʃɪs/
n (in titles 称谓中作 Duchess)
1 wife or widow of a duke 公爵夫人; 公爵遗孀.
2 woman who holds ducal rank in her own right 女公爵.
duchess
n[C][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin: duchesse, from duc;
DUKE]
a woman with the highest social rank outside the royal family, or the wife of a
duke the Duchess of York