yoke
英 /jəʊk/ 美 /joʊk/
- n. 牛轭A wooden frame joining two animals to pull a load.
- n. 束缚；压迫A condition of being controlled or oppressed.
- v. 给…套轭；使强行结合Join animals with a frame, or force things together.
The farmer placed a wooden yoke across the oxen's necks.
农夫把木轭架在两头牛的脖子上。
Many communities struggled for generations to free themselves from the yoke of colonial rule.
许多群体为摆脱殖民统治的枷锁，进行了数代人的抗争。
搭配
a wooden yoke 木轭the yoke of oppression 压迫的枷锁yoke together 套轭连在一起
辨析提示
与 yolk（蛋黄）同音；比喻义常指压迫的枷锁。
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