Yoke
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- n.牛轭;v.控制, 束缚
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I. noun (plural yokes)
- Etymology: Middle English yok, from Old English geoc; akin to Old High German joh yoke, Latin jugum, Greek zygon, Sanskrit yuga, Latin jungere to join
- Date: before 12th century
- 1.
- a. a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
- b. an arched device formerly laid on the neck of a defeated person
- c. a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal portions
- d. a bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harness
- e.
- (1) a crosspiece on the head of a boat's rudder
- (2) an airplane control operating the elevators and ailerons
- f. a frame from which a bell is hung
- g. a clamp or similar piece that embraces two parts to hold or unite them in position
- 2. plural usually yoke two animals yoked or worked together
- 3.
- 4. a fitted or shaped piece at the top of a skirt or at the shoulder of various garments
II. verb (yoked; yoking)
- Date: before 12th century
- transitive verb
- 1.
- a.
- (1) to put a yoke on
- (2) to join in or with a yoke
- b. to attach a draft animal to; also to attach (a draft animal) to something
- a.
- 2. to join as if by a yoke
- 3. to put to work
- 1.
- intransitive verb
- to become joined or linked