| 释义 | 
		  yoke /yōk/     noun- Something that joins together
 - A frame of wood joining draught oxen at the necks
 - Any similar frame, such as one for carrying pails
 - A part of a garment that fits the shoulders (or the hips)
 - A period of work, eg from mealtime to mealtime (dialect)
 - A mark of servitude
 - Slavery
 - An oppressive burden
 - A bond or union
 - A pair or couple, eg of oxen
 - A set of current coils for deflecting the electron beam in a TV or VDU cathode-ray tube
 - Part of a magnetic circuit not enclosed by a current-carrying coil
 - An object, a thing, a tool, etc (Irish)
       transitive verb- To put a yoke on
 - To join together
 - To attach a draught animal to
 - To enslave
 - To set to work (figurative)
       intransitive verb- To be joined
 - To go together
 - To set to work (Scot)
     ORIGIN: OE geoc; Ger Joch; L jugum, Gr zygon    yōkˈing  noun (dialect) As much work as is done at one time    yokeˈ-devil  noun (Shakespeare) A companion devil  yokeˈ-fellow or yokeˈ-mate  noun  An associate, partner or fellow worker  yokeˈ-toed  adjective  Zygodactyl    |