yoke

noun

/jəʊk/

[countable] a long piece of wood that is fastened across the necks of two animals, especially oxen, so that they can pull heavy loads轭；（尤指）牛轭
[singular] (literary or formal) rough treatment or something that limits your freedom and makes your life very difficult to bear奴役；束缚；枷锁；羁绊
- the yoke of imperialism帝国主义的枷锁
- Young people often chafe under the yoke of parental control.年轻人经常在父母的控制下烦躁不安。
[countable] a piece of wood that is shaped to fit across a person’s shoulders so that they can carry two equal loads轭形扁担
[countable] a part of a dress, skirt, etc. that fits around the shoulders or hips and from which the rest of the cloth hangs上衣抵肩；裙（或裤）腰

词源Old English geoc (noun), geocian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch juk, German Joch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin jugum and Greek zugon, also by Latin jungere ‘to join’.

yoke

verb

/jəʊk/

[usually passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they yoke	/jəʊk/ /jəʊk/
he / she / it yokes	/jəʊks/ /jəʊks/
past simple yoked	/jəʊkt/ /jəʊkt/
past participle yoked	/jəʊkt/ /jəʊkt/
-ing form yoking	/ˈjəʊkɪŋ/ /ˈjəʊkɪŋ/

to join two animals together with a yoke; to attach an animal to something with a yoke用轭把（动物）套在一起；给（动物）上轭
- (be) yoked together A pair of oxen, yoked together, was used.把两头牛用轭套在一起使唤。
- (be) yoked to something an ox yoked to a plough用轭套在犁上的牛
(formal) to bring two people, countries, ideas, etc. together so that they are forced into a close relationship（强行）使结合，使联合
- be yoked to something The Hong Kong dollar was yoked to the American dollar for many years.港元多年来与美元挂钩。
- be yoked together In these languages, short words are yoked together to create new words.在这些语言中，短单词连在一起形成新单词。