名詞 duchess:

1. the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

1. The duchess, though well-known as a society hostess, conveyed an unmistakably brittle air.
   公爵夫人雖然是有名的社交界女主人，卻明顯流露出冷冰冰的表情
2. The duchess bedeck herself with jewel.
   公爵夫人用珠寶裝扮自己。
3. Duke and Duchess of Gloucester live in their own dukedom.
   格洛思特公爵及公爵夫人住在他們自己的公國(guó)里。
4. She became the Duchess of Kent when she was twenty.
   在她二十歲的時(shí)候，她成為了肯特公爵夫人。

duch.ess

n.Abbr. D.（名詞）縮寫(xiě) D.
The wife or widow of a duke.
公爵夫人或公爵遺孀
A woman holding title to a duchy in her own right.
女公爵：本人享有公爵稱號(hào)的女人
Used as the title for such a noblewoman.
用作這些貴婦人的稱號(hào)

來(lái)源：
Middle English duchesse
中古英語(yǔ) duchesse
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Medieval Latin ducissa
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) ducissa
from Latin dux duc- [leader] * see duke
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) dux duc- [領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者] *參見(jiàn) duke