yoke

Joch, Unterdrückung

Grausame oder ungerechte Herrschaft, die die Freiheit von Menschen einschränkt.

In einfachem Englisch: Cruel or unfair control that limits people’s freedom.

• They lived under the yoke of a cruel ruler.
• The country finally threw off the yoke of foreign rule.
• She dreamed of escaping the yoke of slavery.

So benutzt man es: the yoke of something (They struggled under the yoke of foreign rule.)

Synonyme: oppression, subjugation

Gegenteile: freedom

Häufige Wendungen: under the yoke, yoke of slavery, yoke of debt, escape the yoke

Joch

Ein Holzgestell über den Hälsen zweier Tiere, damit sie gemeinsam einen Wagen oder ein Ackergerät ziehen können.

In einfachem Englisch: A wooden frame placed across two animals’ necks so they can pull a cart or farm tool together.

• The oxen wore a wooden yoke.
• He lifted the yoke onto the animals’ necks.
• Old yokes hang on the wall of the farm museum.

Häufige Wendungen: wooden yoke, ox yoke

Passe

Ein geformtes Stoffstück an Schultern oder Hüften, das den darunterliegenden Stoff trägt.

In einfachem Englisch: A shaped piece of clothing across the shoulders or hips that supports the material below it.

• The dress has a lace yoke.
• She sewed the sleeves to the yoke.
• This skirt hangs from a fitted yoke around the hips.

Häufige Wendungen: lace yoke, shirt yoke

Band, Joch

Eine enge Verbindung, besonders die Ehe, oder eine Pflicht, die Menschen miteinander verbindet.

In einfachem Englisch: A close connection, especially marriage, or a duty that joins people together.

• They accepted the yoke of marriage together.
• Friendship became a yoke binding the two families.
• Both partners carried the same yoke of responsibility.

So benutzt man es: the yoke of something (The poem describes the yoke of marriage as a shared duty.)

Synonyme: bond, tie

Häufige Wendungen: yoke of marriage, shared yoke

Joch, Gabelstück

Ein quer verlaufendes Maschinenteil, das andere Teile verbindet oder zusammenhält.

In einfachem Englisch: A part across a machine that joins or holds other parts together.

• The metal yoke holds the two parts together.
• A cracked yoke caused the shaft to come loose.
• The engineer replaced the yoke in the steering assembly.

Synonyme: crosspiece

Häufige Wendungen: steering yoke, metal yoke

anschirren, einspannen

Tieren ein Gestell über den Hals legen, um sie zum gemeinsamen Ziehen zu verbinden.

In einfachem Englisch: To put a frame across animals’ necks to join them together for pulling something.

• The farmer yoked the oxen together.
• They yoke the animals before sunrise.
• Two oxen were yoked to the wooden cart.

So benutzt man es: yoke something to something (They yoked the oxen to the cart.)

Synonyme: harness

Gegenteile: unyoke, unharness

Häufige Wendungen: yoke the oxen, yoke animals together

verbinden, koppeln

Menschen oder Dinge eng miteinander verbinden, manchmal gegen ihren Willen.

In einfachem Englisch: To connect people or things closely, sometimes in a way they do not want.

• The project yokes art and science together.
• Their futures were yoked by the agreement.
• Why yoke two unrelated ideas together?

So benutzt man es: yoke A to B (The agreement yoked the smaller company to a larger one.); yoke A and B together (The plan yokes housing and transport together.)

Synonyme: link, join, unite, couple

Gegenteile: separate, disconnect

Häufige Wendungen: yoke things together, yoke someone to something

unterjochen, knechten

Jemanden unter eine bedrückende Herrschaft oder eine schwere Verpflichtung zwingen.

In einfachem Englisch: To force someone to remain under harmful control or a heavy duty.

• Debt yoked him to his employer.
• The villagers were yoked to a cruel system.
• She refused to be yoked to endless unpaid work.

So benutzt man es: be yoked to something (The workers were yoked to a system they could not escape.)

Synonyme: bind, enslave, subjugate

Gegenteile: free, liberate

Häufige Wendungen: yoke someone to something, yoke into servitude