yoke

英 [jəʊk]

美 [joʊk]

n. 轭; (尤指)牛轭; 奴役; 束缚; 枷锁; 羁绊; 轭形扁担
v. 用轭把(动物)套在一起; 给(动物)上轭; (强行)使结合，使联合

过去分词：yoked　复数：yokes　过去式：yoked　现在分词：yoking　第三人称单数：yokes　

BNC.18732 / COCA.16099

牛津词典

noun

轭；（尤指）牛轭
a long piece of wood that is fastened across the necks of two animals, especially oxen , so that they can pull heavy loads
奴役；束缚；枷锁；羁绊
rough treatment or sth that restricts your freedom and makes your life very difficult to bear
1. the yoke of imperialism
  帝国主义的枷锁
轭形扁担
a piece of wood that is shaped to fit across a person's shoulders so that they can carry two equal loads
上衣抵肩；裙（或裤）腰
a part of a dress, skirt, etc. that fits around the shoulders or hips and from which the rest of the cloth hangs

verb

用轭把（动物）套在一起；给（动物）上轭
to join two animals together with a yoke ; to attach an animal to sth with a yoke
1. A pair of oxen, yoked together, was used.
  把两头牛用轭套在一起使唤。
2. an ox yoked to a plough
  用轭套在犁上的牛
（强行）使结合，使联合
to bring two people, countries, ideas, etc. together so that they are forced into a close relationship
1. The Hong Kong dollar was yoked to the American dollar for many years.
  港元多年来与美元挂钩。

N-SING 奴役;束缚;羁绊;枷锁
If you say that people are under theyoke ofa bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person.
1. People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery...
  人们仍然生活在奴隶制的枷锁之下。
2. ...a domineering comedian whose son flees to Blackpool to escape the parental yoke.
  其子逃到了布莱克浦以摆脱其管制的专横霸道的喜剧演员
轭;牛轭
Ayokeis a long piece of wood which is tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plough.
VERB 使强行结合；把…硬拼凑在一起
If two or more people or thingsare yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other.
1. The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together...
  导言部分试图将各部分硬拼凑在一起。
2. The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy...
  《汽车协定》强行将安大略纳入了美国的经济体系中。
3. Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes.
  农场主和政客被金钱和选票绑在了一起。

noun

stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
Synonym:coupling
support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
1. pulled by a yoke of oxen
two items of the same kind
Synonym:couplepairtwosometwainbracespancoupletdistichduoduetdyadduad
an oppressive power
1. under the yoke of a tyrant
2. they threw off the yoke of domination

verb

The boy soon learned how to yoke the horses together.
那男孩很快学会了如何用轭把马套在一起。
That you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.
将由你的颈上，摆脱他的束缚。
We suffered for years under the yoke of that woman.
我们和那女人是多年的朋友。
For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
因为我的轭是柔和的，我的担子是轻松的。
My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together.
我罪过的轭是他手所绑的，犹如轭绳缚在我颈项上。
Having smashed the yoke of the feudal serfdom, the broad masses of serfs and slaves obtained political and national equal rights.
广大农奴和奴隶砸碎了封建农奴制的枷锁后，获得了政治平等权利和民族平等权利。
Tag location for gate and globe valves is typically on the valve yoke or body/ bonnet flange.
闸阀和截止阀的标签位置通常在阀门轭架或阀体/盖法兰上。
Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes.
农场主和政客被金钱和选票绑在了一起。
Their heritage from generation to generation is the belled yoke and the lash.
他们代代承袭的是带着促铃的颈轭和叱鞭。
He had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony.
他已经摆脱了婚姻的枷锁。