yoke

joug, oppression

Domination cruelle ou injuste qui limite la liberté des personnes.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : the yoke of something (They struggled under the yoke of foreign rule.)

Synonymes : oppression, subjugation

Contraires : freedom

Expressions courantes : under the yoke, yoke of slavery, yoke of debt, escape the yoke

joug

Pièce de bois posée sur le cou de deux animaux pour leur faire tirer ensemble une charrette ou un outil agricole.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : wooden yoke, ox yoke

empiècement

Pièce de vêtement découpée aux épaules ou aux hanches pour soutenir le tissu situé en dessous.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : lace yoke, shirt yoke

lien, joug

Lien étroit, notamment le mariage, ou devoir qui unit des personnes.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : the yoke of something (The poem describes the yoke of marriage as a shared duty.)

Synonymes : bond, tie

Expressions courantes : yoke of marriage, shared yoke

étrier, chape

Pièce transversale d’une machine qui relie ou maintient ensemble d’autres pièces.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : crosspiece

Expressions courantes : steering yoke, metal yoke

atteler, mettre sous le joug

Placer une pièce sur le cou d’animaux pour les unir et leur faire tirer quelque chose ensemble.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : yoke something to something (They yoked the oxen to the cart.)

Synonymes : harness

Contraires : unyoke, unharness

Expressions courantes : yoke the oxen, yoke animals together

lier, unir

Relier étroitement des personnes ou des choses, parfois contre leur volonté.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : link, join, unite, couple

Contraires : separate, disconnect

Expressions courantes : yoke things together, yoke someone to something

asservir, soumettre

Forcer quelqu’un à subir une domination nuisible ou une lourde obligation.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : be yoked to something (The workers were yoked to a system they could not escape.)

Synonymes : bind, enslave, subjugate

Contraires : free, liberate

Expressions courantes : yoke someone to something, yoke into servitude