yoke 的 3 个定义
plural yokes for 1, 3-20, yoke for 2.
- a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.Compare harness.
- a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke: five yoke of oxen.
- something resembling a yoke or a bow of a yoke in form or use.
- (20)
yoked, yok·ing.
- to put a yoke on; join or couple by means of a yoke.
- to attach to a plow or vehicle: to yoke oxen.
- to harness a draft animal to: to yoke a wagon.
- (5)
yoked, yok·ing.
- to be or become joined, linked, or united.
yoke 近义词
bondage, bond
bond together; join
更多yoke例句
- Enslaved Texans found their yoke weighing more heavily under Texan rule than it had under that of Mexico, which nominally forbade slavery.
- The forces for and against women’s registration yoke closely to the positions for and against the Equal Rights Amendment.
- Did a group of righteous warriors throw off the yoke of imperial oppression?
- When the state acts wrongly, the yoke of that sin falls upon all who do not protest.
- And, indeed, the Framers were armed revolutionaries who understood that guns were useful for throwing off the yoke of tyranny.
- The U.S. is actually holding up its end of the bargain quite well, and assuming the yoke of economic leadership.
- Obama, finally freed from the yoke of reelection, could live out the true meaning of his promise.
- Put your neck under her yoke, and let your life receive instruction: she is near at hand to find.
- Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- And submit your neck to the yoke, and let your soul receive discipline: for she is near at hand to be found.
- Leo was angry, and said nothing till the dawn broke, and the cultivator came to yoke the Bull to his work.
- Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve.