electrocute
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If someone is electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity. 使…触电 (死亡或受伤)
Three people were electrocuted by falling power lines. 三人被落下来的电线电死了。
2. V-T If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity. 电刑处死[usu passive]
He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17. 他因为17岁时犯下的谋杀罪而被电刑处死。
3. electrocutionN-VAR 电刑处死
The court pronounced him guilty and sentenced him to death by electrocution. 法庭宣判他有罪,并判他电刑处死。
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electrocute /ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjuːt/ (electrocuting,electrocuted,electrocutes)
剑桥词典
- to kill someone by causing electricity to flow through their body
使触电死亡;用电刑处死
He was electrocuted when he touched the bare wires . 他碰到了那根裸线,触电身亡。 返回 electrocute