electrocute
美音:
[ı´lektrək´ju:t
]英音:
[ı´lektrək´ju:t
]vt.<美>处电刑,触电致死
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electrocute为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:electrocution 动词过去式:electrocuted 过去分词:electrocuted 现在分词:electrocuting 第三人称单数:electrocutes
electrocute
/ɪ'lektrəkju:t; ɪ`lɛktrə,kjut/
v [Tn usu passive 通常用于被动语态] kill (a person or an animal) by means of an electric current 电死(人或动物); 以电刑处死.
electrocute
v [T usually passive]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: electro- + execute]
BrE if someone is electrocuted, they are injured or killed by electricity passing through their body
Last week a housewife was electrocuted by her washing machine.
to kill someone using electricity
>electrocution [ɪ,lektrə'kjuːʃən/
1. As it happens, a razor that is safe in Europe is unlikely to electrocute Americans. 碰巧在欧洲使用安全的剃须刀不大可能使美国人触电身亡,
2. For Humboldt, the eels raised a welter of questions: "Why didn´t the creature electrocute itself? 对洪堡来说,电鳗带来了一连串的问题:“为什么电鳗自己不会电死?
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