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yoke

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Số nhiều: yokesQuá khứ: yokedPhân từ 2: yokedV-ing: yoking

This word carries a heavy sensory association with weight, restriction, and physical labor. It evokes the image of a rigid beam that forces two entities to move in unison, regardless of their individual will. This creates a strong connotation of bondage and lack of autonomy. In political or social discourse, it describes a state of forced submission. While "burden" refers to the weight of a task, "yoke" refers specifically to the mechanism of control that imposes that burden, implying a systemic or external force of domination.

Countable when referring to the physical wooden tool used on livestock. Uncountable when referring to the abstract state of servitude or oppression.

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A wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart.

"The farmer placed the heavy wooden yoke on the oxen."

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A symbol of oppression or servitude.

"The people struggled to throw off the yoke of the colonial regime."

Ngoại động từ

[someone][something]

To join two things together, especially with a yoke.

"He worked to yoke the two horses together for the journey."

Ngoại động từ

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To link or couple two disparate ideas or entities.

"The author seeks to yoke the mundane with the supernatural."

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