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yoke n.轭；轭状物；共轭牛；束缚；纽带；（女）上衣抵肩、裙腰vt.把 ... 套上轭；使结合；使成配偶vi.紧密联结 (1) 一对公牛同轭拉着一头犁。(2) 奴隶们受其主人的束缚。(3) 他已经摆脱了婚姻的枷锁。(4) 每个农民都知道怎样把牛拴在一起。(5) 农夫正在用轭把牛套到犁上。(6) 他要把我也套进去，充当他的同伙。(7) 他们联姻。 Yoke also can mean the stick that connects two work animals together, or the act of connecting two things together as with a yoke. A classic tool of farmers for centuries, the yoke has also become a symbol of oppression — no one wants to live under the yoke of a tyrant's rule. Do not confuse yoke with yolk, the yellow part of an egg.

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英 [jəʊk] 美 [joʊk] (1) The plow was pulled by a yoke of oxen.(2) Slaves are under the yoke of their masters.(3) He had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony.(4) Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together.(5) The farmer was yoking his oxen to a plough.(6) He intends to yoke me as his yokefellow.(7) They are yoked in marriage. Ever seen a picture of a farm girl carrying two buckets of water hanging from ropes attached to a stick she's balancing across her shoulders? That stick on her shoulders is a yoke. 1[N-SING 单数名词]奴役；束缚；羁绊；枷锁 If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person.   [usu N of n]  [LITERARY 文]People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery...人们仍然生活在奴隶制的枷锁之下。...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2[N-COUNT 可数名词]轭；牛轭 A yoke is 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. 3[VERB 动词]使强行结合；把…硬拼凑在一起 If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other.   [V pl-n together]  [V n to/into n]  [be V-ed]The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together...导言部分试图将各部分硬拼凑在一起。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。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。

英语单词	yoke
英美音标	英 [jəʊk] 美 [joʊk]
中文释义	n.轭；轭状物；共轭牛；束缚；纽带；（女）上衣抵肩、裙腰 vt.把 ... 套上轭；使结合；使成配偶 vi.紧密联结
英语例句	(1) The plow was pulled by a yoke of oxen. (2) Slaves are under the yoke of their masters. (3) He had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony. (4) Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together. (5) The farmer was yoking his oxen to a plough. (6) He intends to yoke me as his yokefellow. (7) They are yoked in marriage.
中文例句	(1) 一对公牛同轭拉着一头犁。 (2) 奴隶们受其主人的束缚。 (3) 他已经摆脱了婚姻的枷锁。 (4) 每个农民都知道怎样把牛拴在一起。 (5) 农夫正在用轭把牛套到犁上。 (6) 他要把我也套进去，充当他的同伙。 (7) 他们联姻。
vocabulary简明	Ever seen a picture of a farm girl carrying two buckets of water hanging from ropes attached to a stick she's balancing across her shoulders? That stick on her shoulders is a yoke.
vocabulary扩展	Yoke also can mean the stick that connects two work animals together, or the act of connecting two things together as with a yoke. A classic tool of farmers for centuries, the yoke has also become a symbol of oppression — no one wants to live under the yoke of a tyrant's rule. Do not confuse yoke with yolk, the yellow part of an egg.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]奴役；束缚；羁绊；枷锁 If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. [usu N of n] [LITERARY 文] People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery... 人们仍然生活在奴隶制的枷锁之下。 ...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 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]轭；牛轭 A yoke is 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. 3 [VERB 动词]使强行结合；把…硬拼凑在一起 If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other. [V pl-n together] [V n to/into n] [be V-ed] The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together... 导言部分试图将各部分硬拼凑在一起。 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。 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。

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