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duchesse

/French dy-shes/US // French düˈʃɛs //UK // (ˈdʌtʃɪs) //

公爵夫人,公爵府,公爵,女公爵

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural du·chesses [French dy-shes]. /French düˈʃɛs/. French Furniture.

    • : a daybed having a rounded, partially enclosed head and usually a similar foot, sometimes made in two or three pieces able to be used separately .

Examples

  • The Duchesse de Guermantes, once the dominant leader of society, ventures out less and less and is first eclipsed, then forgotten.

  • The princess was in the family conclave which met to consider an amorous escapade of the Duchesse Antoinette de Langeais.

  • In 1839 Sallenauve's friends counted on the duchesse's support to elect him deputy.

  • He had saved the life of M. de Maufrigneuse in the Revolution of July, 1830, through love for the duchesse.

  • We got Fanny a dress on the sly, gaudy black velvet and Duchesse lace.

  • When the difficulty was removed the Duchesse de Valentinois had reached the period of a woman's second youth.

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