yoke

英语音标

英语翻译

n.轭；轭状物；共轭牛；束缚；纽带；（女）上衣抵肩、裙腰

vt.把 ... 套上轭；使结合；使成配偶

vi.紧密联结

英语例句

An ass and an ox, fastened to the same yoke, were drawing a wagon. 驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。

The plow was pulled by a yoke of oxen. 一对公牛同轭拉着一头犁。

Slaves are under the yoke of their masters. 奴隶们受其主人的束缚。

He had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony. 他已经摆脱了婚姻的枷锁。

Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together. 每个农民都知道怎样把牛拴在一起。

The farmer was yoking his oxen to a plough. 农夫正在用轭把牛套到犁上。

They are yoked in marriage. 他们联姻。

英语语法

yoke作名词时的意思是“轭”,转化成动词意思是“给…上轭”,指用轭将某物(多指牛或马等)套在一起,起束缚的作用。引申可指“将…强加于…”。

yoke多用作及物动词,后接简单宾语。可用于被动结构。

yoke后多与副词together连用,表示“将…套在一起,将…结合起来”。

知识扩展

n.乡下佬；土包子；土老帽儿

[ yoke ]的过去式； adj.；腹部肌肉发达

v.卸除轭；解除束缚；解开

n.同事(搭档；伙伴)