yoke

英 [jəʊk] 美 [joʊk]

• 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

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 给…上轭

   put a yoke on

2. vt. 结合

   join together

英英释义

Noun:

1. fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment

2. an oppressive power;

   "under the yoke of a tyrant"
   "they threw off the yoke of domination"
   

3. two items of the same kind

4. a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke;

   "pulled by a yoke of oxen"
   

5. support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

6. a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

7. stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team

Verb:

1. become joined or linked together

2. link with or as with a yoke;

   "yoke the oxen together"
   

3. put a yoke on or join with a yoke;

   "Yoke the draft horses together"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. An ass and an ox, fastened to the same yoke, were drawing a wagon.
   驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
2. The plow was pulled by a yoke of oxen.
   一对公牛同轭拉着一头犁。
3. Slaves are under the yoke of their masters.
   奴隶们受其主人的束缚。
4. He had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony.
   他已经摆脱了婚姻的枷锁。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together.
   每个农民都知道怎样把牛拴在一起。
2. The farmer was yoking his oxen to a plough.
   农夫正在用轭把牛套到犁上。
3. He intends to yoke me as his yokefellow.
   他要把我也套进去，充当他的同伙。
4. They are yoked in marriage.
   他们联姻。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The farmer yoked the oxen.
   那个农夫给牛加上轭。
2. The man yoked his plough.
   那个人给犁套上了轭。
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3. They are yoked in marriage.
   他们被套上婚姻的枷锁。
4. He was yoked to an unwilling partner.
   他不得不与一位不情愿的伙伴合作。

经典引文

• He had shaken the parental yoke from his shoulders; he was..beginning to do as he liked.

  出自： L. Strachey

• He yoked his great imagination to constant labour.

  出自： fig.

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

yoke together (v.+adv.)

将…结合起来 join (usually people)用于 be ～ed 结构

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• yoke oxen 给牛加上轭
• yoke plough 给犁套上轭

～+副词

• yoke together 套在一起
• yoke in 套上…
• yoke to 与…合作

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. yoke作名词时的意思是“轭”,转化成动词意思是“给…上轭”,指用轭将某物(多指牛或马等)套在一起,起束缚的作用。引申可指“将…强加于…”。
2. yoke多用作及物动词,后接简单宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. yoke后多与副词together连用,表示“将…套在一起,将…结合起来”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• shackle 手铐
• harness 马具
• bridle 马笼头，缰绳...
• oppression 压抑
• burden 负担
• bondage 奴役
• encumbrance 妨碍物
• drag 拖
• load 负荷
• annoyance 烦恼
• repression 抑制
• saddle 鞍
• dependence 依赖
• conjoin 结合
• connection 联系
• marry 娶
• unite 联合
• pair 一对
• bond 债券
• distich 对句
• duad 成对的东西
• couplet 对句
• duo 成对的表演者...
• link 联系
• twain <古>二
• brace 防备
• coupling 联结
• couple 对
• dyad 二数
• span 时期
• twosome 两人一组
• duet 二重奏

【反义词】

• unyoke 卸除轭