| 释义 |
yoke /yōk/ noun- Something that joins together
- A frame of wood joining draught oxen at the necks
- Any similar frame, such as one for carrying pails
- A part of a garment that fits the shoulders (or the hips)
- A period of work, eg from mealtime to mealtime (dialect)
- A mark of servitude
- Slavery
- An oppressive burden
- A bond or union
- A pair or couple, eg of oxen
- A set of current coils for deflecting the electron beam in a TV or VDU cathode-ray tube
- Part of a magnetic circuit not enclosed by a current-carrying coil
- An object, a thing, a tool, etc (Irish)
transitive verb- To put a yoke on
- To join together
- To attach a draught animal to
- To enslave
- To set to work (figurative)
intransitive verb- To be joined
- To go together
- To set to work (Scot)
ORIGIN: OE geoc; Ger Joch; L jugum, Gr zygon yōkˈing noun (dialect) As much work as is done at one time yokeˈ-devil noun (Shakespeare) A companion devil yokeˈ-fellow or yokeˈ-mate noun An associate, partner or fellow worker yokeˈ-toed adjective Zygodactyl |