electrocution是什么意思？

electrocution

英[ɪˌlektrə'kju:ʃn] 美[ɪˌlektrə'kjuʃn]

• n. 电刑，电死，电处死；

复数：electrocutions;

动词：electrocute;

例句

• Using electrocution in cross - examination room, he faces an unknown punishment. 他在刑讯室过电, 一会不知还要受什么刑罚.
• He was remembering the verses Karen had written him after Wally Talbot's electrocution. 他想起了在沃利·塔尔伯触电以后,凯伦写给他的诗.
• The court sentenced him to death by electrocution. 法庭宣判对他处以电刑。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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。
• 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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. execution by electricity
  2. killing by electric shock

行业词典

• 医学： 电〔死〕刑，〔触〕电死；
  法律： 电刑；
  电力： 电击致死；
  电工： 电击致死；