yoke
noun[C]
uk/jəʊk/us/joʊk/yokenoun[C](FOR ANIMALS)
awoodenbarthat isfastenedover thenecksof twoanimals,especiallycattle, andconnectedto thevehicleorloadthat they arepulling
轭;(尤指)牛轭mipan/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
Farm vehicles & equipment
- all-terrain vehicle
- ATV
- binder
- Caterpillar tractor
- combine
- goad
- harrow
- harvester
- milking machine
- planter
- plough
- ploughshare
- reaper
- scarecrow
- seeder
- sifter
- sorter
- spreader
- tractor
yokenoun[C](IN CLOTHING)
afittedpartof apieceofclothing,especiallyastripthat goes around theshouldersorwaist, to which issewnalooserpieceofmaterial
上衣抵肩;裙腰Siede Preis/Photographer's Choice RF/GettyImages
Parts of clothes
- armhole
- bodice
- button-down collar
- cap sleeve
- clerical collar
- collar
- dart
- kitten heel
- knee
- lapel
- neckband
- neckline
- patch pocket
- shoulder strap
- slash
- spaghetti strap
- sweetheart neckline
- turn up(somewhere)
- turtleneck
- waist
yokenoun[C](CONNECTION)
formal
something thatconnectstwo things orpeople, usually in a way thatunfairlylimitsfreedom:
纽带,联结;(通常指)束缚,枷锁the yoke ofmarriage婚姻纽带
Bothcountrieshadthrownoff thecommunistyoke.两国都已经摆脱了共产主义的枷锁。
Power to control
- ascendancy
- authoritarianism
- be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
- big beast
- buysomethingin
- cradle
- hegemonic
- hegemonism
- hegemony
- influence
- ingrain
- lever
- leverage
- power vacuum
- predominance
- puissance
- pull
- redetermination
- sway
- tooth
yokenoun[C](IRISH)
Irish Englishinformal
a thing whosenameyou do notknowor cannotremember:
What's that yoke there?
Ah, it's agreatyoke.
Objects - general words
- Americana
- artefact
- blank
- column
- conversation piece
- curio
- entity
- ephemera
- extrusion
- forensics
- gewgaw
- non-abstract
- object
- phenomenon
- piece
- shape
- snow globe
- such and such
- tchotchke
- thing
yoke
verb
uk/jəʊk/us/joʊk/yokeverb(ANIMALS)
[T]
to put a yoke onanimals,especiallycattle, so that they arefastenedtogether and to aconnectedvehicleorload:
轭;(尤指)牛轭Twooxenyokedtoaploughwalkedwearilyup and down thefield.两头用轭套在犁上的公牛在吃力地来回耕地。
Fastening and tying
- anchor
- bale
- be locked togetheridiom
- belay
- boardsomethingup
- bolt
- bound
- bowline
- granny knot
- half hitch
- harness
- hobble
- hogtie
- stake
- strap
- strapsomeonein
- strapsomethingup
- tack
- tapesomethingup
- tether
yokeverb(THINGS)
[Toften passive]formal
tocombineorconnecttwo things:
联合,使结合All these differentpoliticalelementshavesomehowbeen yokedtogethertoforma newalliance.所有这些不同的政治力量不知怎地结成了一个新的联盟。
Connecting and combining
- abut
- additive
- adjoin
- affix
- agglutinate
- aggregation
- articulation
- desegregate
- desegregation
- dovetail
- eclectic
- eclectically
- hyphenate
- link(something)up
- linkage
- lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
- marriage
- marry
- weave
- weaving