| [/jəuk; jok/] n 用法:
1 [C] (a) shaped piece of wood fixed across the necks of two animals (esp oxen) pulling a cart, plough, etc 轭; （尤指）牛轭.
(b) (pl unchanged 复数不变) two oxen working together 共轭牛（共同工作的一对牛）:
five yoke of oxen 五对共轭牛. 用法:
2 [C] object like a yoke in form or function, esp a piece of wood shaped to fit across a person's shoulders and support a pail at each end 轭状的或起轭作用的物体; （尤指）轭状 扁担. 用法:
3 [C] (in dressmaking) part of a garment fitting round the shoulders or hips and from which the rest hangs （女服制作的）抵肩, （裙等的）腰. 用法:
4 [sing] ~ (ofsth/sb) (fml fig 文, 比喻) oppressive control; burdensomerestraint 束缚; 羁绊:
throw off the yoke of slavery 摆脱奴隶制的枷锁 *
under the yoke of a cruel master 在残暴的主人的控制之下. yoke 2
v [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] 用法:
1 ~ sth (to sth); ~ sth and sth (together) put a yoke on (an animal) 给（动物）上轭:
yoke oxen to a plough 用轭把牛套在 上 *
yoke oxen together 用轭把牛套在一起. 用法:
2 ~ A (to/with B) (in sth); ~ A and B (together) (in sth) (fml 文) unite or form a bond between (people) 使（人）结合或联合:
yoked to/with an unwilling partner 与一个不甘心情愿的伙伴结合在一起 *
yoked (together) in marriage 联姻. |