Word · Frequency #18732
yoke
连接；联系；使结合
to bring two or more people or things into a close relationship; to link or unite them.
- 1.
To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
用轭把几只役用动物连在一起；或把轭固定在役用动物上以拉车、犁等；或把车、犁等连接到役用动物上
- 2.
To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
用手臂环绕某人的脖子、腰等；用手臂围住某人的脖子、腰等
- 3.
To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
把某物放在某人脖子上像轭一样；或用某物围住某人的脖子
- 4.
To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
将两人或多物紧密联系在一起(通常是不想要的)；连接,联合
- 5.
To bring into or keep (someone) in bondage or a state of submission; to enslave or subject to confine, to restrain; to oppress, to subjugate.
使某人处于奴役或屈服状态；奴役或限制；压迫,征服
- 6.
To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
在关系中连接、联系或联合；有交往
用轭连接牲畜；给（牲畜）套上轭；把（车、犁）套到牲畜上；奴役；压迫；束缚；结合；联合；交往；搂住；环抱；环绕；用轭把几只役用动物连在一起；或把轭固定在役用动物上以拉车、犁等；或把车、犁等连接到役用动物上
In use
The two companies yoked their resources to develop the new software.
Farmers yoke the oxen to the plough before sunrise.
The region's economy is yoked to the price of oil.
Verb forms
base yoke · third person yokes · -ing yoking · past yoked · past participle yoked
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- yoke together
- 把…结合在一起；使紧密联系
- The crisis yoked the two communities together.这场危机把两个社区紧紧联系在一起。
- be yoked to
- 被…束缚；与…紧密相连
- She felt yoked to a life she had not chosen.她觉得自己被一种并非自己选择的生活束缚着。
- yoke something to something
- 把…套在…上；把…与…连接起来
- The farmer yoked the cart to the horse.农夫把车套在了马上。
- yoke the oxen
- 给牛套上轭
- He yoked the oxen and drove them into the field.他给牛套上轭，赶着它们下了地。
Idioms & figurative uses
- under the yoke
- 在...的统治下；受...奴役The people lived under the yoke of a tyrant.人民生活在暴君的统治之下。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
yoke 的 o 像牛轭的环，套住两头牛，让它们连在一起拉犁；记住 o 环套住，就是“连接、套上”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：farming/agriculture、formal writing、literary description 作动词时，yoke 的语体会随义项变化：具体指给牲口套轭或把车套在牲口上时，多用于农耕或相关操作，语气中性；比喻‘连接、结合’和‘奴役、束缚’的用法比较常见于正式或文学书面语；‘用手臂环抱’的用法较少见，多见于文学性描写。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时意为'给...上轭, 连接, 结合, 使匹配'；作不及物动词时意为'结合, 匹配'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These six words all end with the /oʊk/ sound and rhyme with yoke: joke, poke, smoke, stroke, folk, oak. Note that in folk the letter l is silent. Beware the lookalike yolk: in American English it is often pronounced the same as yoke /joʊk/, but some (especially British) speakers say /joʊlk/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.