yoke / yoʊk /

💦中学词汇枷锁轭形轭状物

yoke3 个定义

n. 名词 noun

plural yokes for 1, 3-20, yoke for 2.

  1. 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.
  2. a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke: five yoke of oxen.
  3. something resembling a yoke or a bow of a yoke in form or use.
v. 有主动词 verb

yoked, yok·ing.

  1. to put a yoke on; join or couple by means of a yoke.
  2. to attach to a plow or vehicle: to yoke oxen.
  3. to harness a draft animal to: to yoke a wagon.
v. 无主动词 verb

yoked, yok·ing.

  1. to be or become joined, linked, or united.

yoke 近义词

n. 名词 noun

bondage, bond

v. 动词 verb

bond together; join

更多yoke例句

  1. Enslaved Texans found their yoke weighing more heavily under Texan rule than it had under that of Mexico, which nominally forbade slavery.
  2. The forces for and against women’s registration yoke closely to the positions for and against the Equal Rights Amendment.
  3. Did a group of righteous warriors throw off the yoke of imperial oppression?
  4. When the state acts wrongly, the yoke of that sin falls upon all who do not protest.
  5. And, indeed, the Framers were armed revolutionaries who understood that guns were useful for throwing off the yoke of tyranny.
  6. The U.S. is actually holding up its end of the bargain quite well, and assuming the yoke of economic leadership.
  7. Obama, finally freed from the yoke of reelection, could live out the true meaning of his promise.
  8. Put your neck under her yoke, and let your life receive instruction: she is near at hand to find.
  9. 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.
  10. And submit your neck to the yoke, and let your soul receive discipline: for she is near at hand to be found.
  11. Leo was angry, and said nothing till the dawn broke, and the cultivator came to yoke the Bull to his work.
  12. Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve.