yoke
要点くびき
意味
- くびき(2頭の牛を首のところでつなぐ器具)
- (くびきでつないだ)2頭の牛
- くびき状のもの;(おけなどをかつぐ)天びん棒
- 《the yoke》(…の)束縛,支配《+of+名》
- 《単数型で》(…の)きずな,結びつき《+of+名》
- (衣服の)ヨーク,えり肩
- 〈牛・馬など〉にくびきをかける,をくびきでつなぐ
- …を結びつける,いっしょにする
- 結びつく,連れになる
例文
They were under the yoke of a tyrant.
彼らは暴君の支配下にあった。
Yoke the oxen to the plow.
牛にくびきをかけすきにつなぎなさい。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English iuc, jok, yok, yoke, ȝok, ȝook, from Old English ġeoc, ġioc, ioc (“yoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *juk, from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”), from *yewg- (“to join, yoke”). Doublet of yuga, jugum, yoga and possibly yogh. Senses 3.1 (“area of arable land”) and 3.2 (“amount of work done with draught animals”) probably referred to the area of land that could generally be ploughed by yoked draught animals within a given time.