| 单词 | yoke |
| 释义 | yoke n. & v. --n 1. a wooden crosspiece fastened over the necks of two oxen etc. and attached to the plough or wagon to be drawn. 2. (pl. same or yokes) a pair (of oxen etc.). 3. an object like a yoke in form or function, e.g. a wooden shoulder-piece for carrying a pair of pails, the top section of a dress or skirt etc. from which the rest hangs. 4. sway, dominion, or servitude, esp. when oppressive. 5. a bond or union, esp. that of marriage. 6. Rom.Hist. an uplifted yoke, or an arch of three spears symbolizing it, under which a defeated army was made to march. 7. archaic the amount of land that one yoke of oxen could plough in a day. 8. a crossbar on which a bell swings. 9. the crossbar of a rudder to whose ends ropes are fastened. 10. a bar of soft iron between the poles of an electromagnet. --v 1. tr. put a yoke on. 2. tr. couple or unite (a pair). 3. tr. (foll. by to) link (one thing) to (another). 4. intr. match or work together. Etymology: OE geoc f. Gmc |
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