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electrocute

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释义

  • vt. (美)以电椅处死;使触电致死
  • 词态变化

    第三人称单数: electrocutes;过去式: electrocuted;过去分词: electrocuted;现在分词: electrocuting;名词: electrocution;

    助记提示

    1、electronic + execute.

    中文词源

    electrocute 电解

    来自electric和execute的合成词。

    英文词源

    electrocute (v.)
    "execute by electricity," 1889, American English, from electro- + back half of execute. The method first was used Aug. 6, 1890, in New York state, on William Kemmler, convicted of the murder of his common-law wife. In reference to accidental death by 1909. Electric chair is also first recorded 1889, the year the one used on Kemmler was introduced in New York as a humane alternative to hanging. Related: Electrocuted; electrocuting.

    双语例句

    1. But The sea would electrocute us all.
    她说她会用爱来拯救我.

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    2. As it happens a razor that is safe in Europe is unlikely to electrocute Americans.
    碰巧在欧州使用安全的剃须刀不大可能使美国人触电身亡.

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    英英释意

    1. kill by electric shock;
    "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted"
    2. kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair;
    "The serial killer was electrocuted"

    实用场景例句

    But The sea would electrocute us all.
    她说她会用爱来拯救我.

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