แอกเหล็ก
àek lèk
Meanings
1NounB2
metal yoke
a yoke made of iron, placed across a draft animal’s neck to pull a plow or cart
Examples
ชาวนาchaao naaชาวนาchaao naarice farmerเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisแอกเหล็กàek lèkแอกเหล็กàek lèk1metal yoke2heavy oppression; yokeวางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)บนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)คอkoคอko1neck2throat3collar; neckline4neck (of an object)5enthusiast; -lover (as suffix)ควายkwaaiควายkwaai1water buffalo2fool; idiot (insult)สองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเตรียมdtriiamเตรียมdtriiam1[to] prepare [sb/sth] for [sth]2[to] be prepared; be ready3[to] prepare; get readyไถนาtăi naaไถนาtăi naa[to] plough a paddy field; till a rice field
The farmer placed an iron yoke on the necks of two buffaloes to prepare for plowing the field.
2NounB2
heavy oppression; yoke
figurative: severe oppression or a heavy burden, like being under a yoke
Examples
ประชาชนbprà-chaa-chonประชาชนbprà-chaa-chon1the public; the people (citizens of a country)2citizenry (collective)3classifier: คนลุกขึ้นlúk kêunลุกขึ้นlúk kêun1[to] get up; stand up; rise2[to] rise up; take action; rebelต่อสู้dtòr sôoต่อสู้dtòr sôo1[to] fight; struggle2[to] compete; contend3[to] compete; contend (for victory)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofปลดbplòtปลดbplòt1[to] unfasten; detach2[to] discharge (military/service)3[to] unlock; release; disengage4[to] lift; revoke (ban/sanction/seizure)5[to] dismiss; remove from postตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identityออกจากòk jàakออกจากòk jàak1[to] leave; exit; depart from2from; out of (after a verb)แอกเหล็กàek lèkแอกเหล็กàek lèk1metal yoke2heavy oppression; yokeของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsผู้ปกครองpôo bpòk-krongผู้ปกครองpôo bpòk-krong1parent/guardian2ruler; governorที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotกดขี่gòt kèeกดขี่gòt kèe[to] oppress; [to] exploit
The people rose up to free themselves from the iron yoke of the oppressive ruler.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
โซ่ตรวนsôo dtruuanโซ่ตรวนsôo dtruuan1shackles; chains2bonds; restraints (figurative)
- shackles; chains
- bonds; restraints (figurative)
พันธนาการpan-tá-naa-gaanพันธนาการpan-tá-naa-gaan1bondage; shackles; restraints2constraints; bondage (figurative)
- bondage; shackles; restraints
- constraints; bondage (figurative)