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- a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull轭, 牛轭。
1.1
- （复同单, 或yokes）a pair of animals coupled together in such a way（同轭的）一对牲口：
a yoke of oxen.
一对同轭公牛。
1.2
- archaic the amount of land that one pair of oxen could plough in a day〈古〉（同轭的）一对公牛一天耕的地。
1.3
- a frame fitting over the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying pails or baskets轭形扁担。
1.4
- used of something that is regarded as oppressive or burdensome枷锁; 桎梏; 束缚; 羁绊：
the yoke of imperialism.
帝国主义的枷锁。
1.5
- used of something that represents a bond between two parties纽带, 联结：
the yoke of marriage.
婚姻纽带。
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- something resembling or likened to such a crosspiece, in particular轭状物, 尤指：
2.1
- a part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached, typically in gathers or pleats上衣抵肩。
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- the crossbar of a rudder, to whose ends ropes are fastened横舵柄。
2.3
- a bar of soft iron between the poles of an electromagnet磁轭, 轭铁。
2.4
- (in ancient Rome) an arch of three spears under which a defeated army was made to march（古罗马时用三支矛支成拱门状令败军在其下通过以示屈服的）轭门。
2.5
- chiefly N. Amer. a control lever in an aircraft〈主北美〉（飞机的）操纵杆。
with obj.
- put a yoke on (a pair of animals); couple or attach with or to a yoke给（一对牲口）套上轭; 用轭把（一对牲口）套在一起：
a plough drawn by a camel and donkey yoked together
用套上轭的骆驼和驴拉的耕犁
figurative 〈喻〉Hong Kong's dollar has been yoked to America's.
港币已和美元挂钩。
词源
Old English geoc (noun)， geocian (verb)， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch juk, German Joch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin jugum and Greek zugon, also by Latin jungere 'to join'.