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单词 dux
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Definition of dux in English:

dux

nounPlural duces, Plural duxes dʌksdəks
  • 1Scottish The top pupil in a school or class.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I want to be a filmmaker - not the dux of Mount High.
    • The family of a former Hastings Boys' High School dux, who was killed by a car in an early-morning incident a year ago, are disappointed the driver hasn't been sent to jail.
    • Nagle College's 2001 school dux sealed an outstanding academic year with a near-perfect mark in the Tertiary Entrance Exams.
    • When she was named dux of Lismore High School last year, she won a university scholarship to help with her studies.
    • He was an illustrious product of the state school system, dux of Maitland High, winner of a bursary to the University of Sydney where he gained first-class honours in English.
    • In 1913 he graduated from the grammar school being dux of the school and winning the gold medal.
    • Currently studying Law at Melbourne University, she was dux of Girton Grammar School in Bendigo, received a Premiers Award, the Australia Award and received the highest VCE score in all of regional Victoria.
    • He was himself a pupil at the school and a former dux.
    • And - a shocking revelation - he was the dux of his year!
    • After primary school education at Fivedock / Drummoyne, he became dux of Sydney Technical High School.
    • Now dux of St. Aloyisius College, it meant any career was open to you.
    • However, she had impressed upon me that she believed I had something more than the average motivational speech that was offered every year by the dux of the school.
  • 2historical A Saxon chief or leader.

Origin

Mid 18th century (denoting the leading voice or instrument in a fugue or canon): from Latin, 'leader'.

Rhymes

crux, flux, lux, luxe, tux
 
 

Definition of dux in US English:

dux

noundəks
  • 1Scottish The top pupil in a school or class.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now dux of St. Aloyisius College, it meant any career was open to you.
    • Currently studying Law at Melbourne University, she was dux of Girton Grammar School in Bendigo, received a Premiers Award, the Australia Award and received the highest VCE score in all of regional Victoria.
    • However, she had impressed upon me that she believed I had something more than the average motivational speech that was offered every year by the dux of the school.
    • In 1913 he graduated from the grammar school being dux of the school and winning the gold medal.
    • The family of a former Hastings Boys' High School dux, who was killed by a car in an early-morning incident a year ago, are disappointed the driver hasn't been sent to jail.
    • Nagle College's 2001 school dux sealed an outstanding academic year with a near-perfect mark in the Tertiary Entrance Exams.
    • After primary school education at Fivedock / Drummoyne, he became dux of Sydney Technical High School.
    • He was himself a pupil at the school and a former dux.
    • And - a shocking revelation - he was the dux of his year!
    • When she was named dux of Lismore High School last year, she won a university scholarship to help with her studies.
    • I want to be a filmmaker - not the dux of Mount High.
    • He was an illustrious product of the state school system, dux of Maitland High, winner of a bursary to the University of Sydney where he gained first-class honours in English.
  • 2historical A Saxon chief or leader.

Origin

Mid 18th century (denoting the leading voice or instrument in a fugue or canon): from Latin, ‘leader’.

 
 
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