electrocute
英[ɪˈlektrəkju:t]
美[ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjut]
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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VERB
使触电身亡;用电击伤
If someone is electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity.
例句
Three people were electrocuted by falling power-lines...
3个人碰到落下的电缆,触电身亡。
He accidentally electrocuted himself.
他意外触电身亡。
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VERB
用电刑处死(罪犯)
If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity.
例句
He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17.
他因17岁时犯下的谋杀罪而被处以电刑。
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