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a long piece of wood that is fastened across the necks of two animals, especially oxen, so that they can pull heavy loads 轭；（尤指）牛轭 - [singular] (literary or formal)
rough treatment or something that limits your freedom and makes your life very difficult to bear 奴役；束缚；枷锁；羁绊 the yoke of imperialism 帝国主义的枷锁 Young people often chafe under the yoke of parental control. 年轻人经常在父母的控制下烦躁不安。
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a piece of wood that is shaped to fit across a person’s shoulders so that they can carry two equal loads 轭形扁担 - [countable]
a part of a dress, skirt, etc. that fits around the shoulders or hips and from which the rest of the cloth hangs 上衣抵肩；裙（或裤）腰
Word OriginOld English geoc (noun), geocian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch juk, German Joch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin jugum and Greek zugon, also by Latin jungere ‘to join’.