yoke

[jəuk]

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

例句与用法:

Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together.

每个农民都知道怎样把牛拴在一起。

A pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke.

同轭车的动物通过轭连在一起的一对载物动物,如公牛

The farmer was yoking his oxen to a plough.

农夫正在用轭把牛套到犁上。

His army never came under the yoke of invaders.

他的军队从来不向侵略者屈服。

详细释义:

n.

1. 轭, 牛轭[C]

2. (同轭的)一对牲口[C][M]

The plow was pulled by a yoke of oxen.

一对公牛同轭拉着一头犁。

3. 轭形物; 轭形扁担; 轭形吊钟架[C]

He carried two buckets on a yoke, one at each end.

他用扁担挑着两只桶, 一头一个。

4. (套在俘虏颈上的)枷; 轭门[C]

The defeated army passed under the yoke.

败军在轭门下通过。

5. 枷锁; 束缚; 统治[the S][(+of)]

In 1783 the American Colonies threw off the yoke of England.

北美(十三个)殖民地于一七八三年摆脱了英国的统治。

6. 纽带; 联结[the S][(+of)]

the yoke of marriage

婚姻纽带

7. (女)上衣抵肩; 裙腰[C]

8. 横舵柄; 飞机操纵杆[C]

9. 【电】轭铁; 【电子】偏转线圈[C]

vt.

1. 给……套上轭; 用轭连结

The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon.

农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭。

2. 把(牲口)套到犁(车等)上

The farmer yoked his plow.

农夫给犁套上了牲口。

3. 连接, 结合

4. 使成配偶[H]

They are yoked in marriage.

他们联姻。

vi.

连接, 结合; 匹配[(+with)]