yoke
[jəuk]
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
例句与用法：
Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together.
每个农民都知道怎样把牛拴在一起。
A pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke.
同轭车的动物通过轭连在一起的一对载物动物，如公牛
The farmer was yoking his oxen to a plough.
农夫正在用轭把牛套到犁上。
His army never came under the yoke of invaders.
他的军队从来不向侵略者屈服。
详细释义：
n.
1. 轭, 牛轭[C]
2. (同轭的)一对牲口[C][M]
The plow was pulled by a yoke of oxen.
一对公牛同轭拉着一头犁。
3. 轭形物; 轭形扁担; 轭形吊钟架[C]
He carried two buckets on a yoke, one at each end.
他用扁担挑着两只桶, 一头一个。
4. (套在俘虏颈上的)枷; 轭门[C]
The defeated army passed under the yoke.
败军在轭门下通过。
5. 枷锁; 束缚; 统治[the S][(+of)]
In 1783 the American Colonies threw off the yoke of England.
北美(十三个)殖民地于一七八三年摆脱了英国的统治。
6. 纽带; 联结[the S][(+of)]
the yoke of marriage
婚姻纽带
7. (女)上衣抵肩; 裙腰[C]
8. 横舵柄; 飞机操纵杆[C]
9. 【电】轭铁; 【电子】偏转线圈[C]
vt.
1. 给……套上轭; 用轭连结
The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon.
农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭。
2. 把(牲口)套到犁(车等)上
The farmer yoked his plow.
农夫给犁套上了牲口。
3. 连接, 结合
4. 使成配偶[H]
They are yoked in marriage.
他们联姻。
vi.
连接, 结合; 匹配[(+with)]