英语词汇“yoke”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

yokeyoke1 /yoʊk/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYyoke¹

Origin: Old English geoc

1a wooden bar used for keeping two animals, especially cattle, together in order to pull heavy loads2a frame that goes across someone’s shoulders so that he or she can carry two equal loads which hang from the frame3the yoke of something literary something that restricts your freedom, making life difficult: the yoke of oppression4a part of a skirt or shirt just below the waist or collar, from which the main piece of material hangs in folds

noun | verb

yokeyoke2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

yoke

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	yoke
	he, she, it	yokes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	yoked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have yoked
	he, she, it	has yoked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had yoked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will yoke
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have yoked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am yoking
	he, she, it	is yoking
	you, we, they	are yoking
Past	I, he, she, it	was yoking
	you, we, they	were yoking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been yoking
	he, she, it	has been yoking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been yoking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be yoking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been yoking

1to put a yoke on two animals2literary to connect two ideas or people together in people’s minds: Beauty is forever yoked to youth in our culture.