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yoke/jəʊk/ 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 轭，牛轭 2 (pl. same 单复同 or yokes) a pair (of oxen etc.) 一对(共轭的牛等) 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 轭状的或起轭作用的物体(如轭状扁担、女服的抵肩、裙腰等) 4 sway, dominion, or servitude, esp. when oppressive (尤指压制性的)支配，统治，奴役 5 a bond of union, esp. that of marriage 联结(尤指联姻) 6 Rom. Hist. an uplifted yoke, or an arch of three spears symbolizing it, under which a defeated army was made to march [罗马]【史】(高举轭架或象征轭架的成拱状的 3 枝矛，失败者在其下通过以示屈服)轭门 7 archaic the amount of land that one yoke of oxen could plough in a day [古义]共轭的牛一日所能耕的土地 8 a crossbar on which a bell swings 吊钟的横木 9 the crossbar of a rudder to whose ends ropes are fastened 横舵柄 10 a bar of soft iron between the poles of an electromagnet 磁轭，轭铁 ●v. 1 tr. put a yoke on 给…套上轭 2 tr. couple or unite (a pair) 使结合或联合(成一对)，使匹配 3 tr. (foll. by 后跟 to) link (one thing) to (another) 把(一事物)同(另一事物)连接起来 4 intr. match; work together 匹配；共事，一起干 [Old English geoc, from Germanic] |