transcription, транскрипция: [ joʊk ]
( yokes, yoking, yoked)
1.
If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. ( LITERARY )
People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery...
N-SING : usu N of n , adj N
2.
A yoke is a long piece of wood which is tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plough.
N-COUNT
3.
If two or more people or things are yoked together , they are forced to be closely linked with each other.
The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together...
The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy...
Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes.
VERB : V pl-n together , V n to/into n , be V-ed