解释
- vt. （美）以电椅处死；使触电致死
※ 提供单词"electrocute"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
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.
例句和用法
- 1. But The sea would electrocute us all.
- 她说她会用爱来拯救我.
- 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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