a wooden bar that is fastened over the necks of two animals, especially cattle, and connected to the vehicle or load that they are pulling

a fitted part of a piece of clothing, especially a strip that goes around the shoulders or waist, to which is sewn a looser piece of material

something that connects two things or people, usually in a way that unfairly limits freedom

the yoke of marriage 婚姻纽带

Both countries had thrown off the communist yoke. 两国都已经摆脱了共产主义的枷锁。

to put a yoke on animals, especially cattle, so that they are fastened together and to a connected vehicle or load

Two oxen yoked to a plough walked wearily up and down the field. 两头用轭套在犁上的公牛在吃力地来回耕地。

to combine or connect two things

All these different political elements have somehow been yoked together to form a new alliance. 所有这些不同的政治力量不知怎地结成了一个新的联盟。