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electricity

/ih-lek-tris-i-tee, ee-lek-/US // ɪ lɛkˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌi lɛk- //UK // (ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ, ˌiːlɛk-) //

电力,电,电气,电费

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : electric charge.
    • : electric current.
    • : the science dealing with electric charges and currents.
    • : a state or feeling of excitement, anticipation, tension, etc.

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Examples

  • Essentially, a brain-machine interface can use the electricity the brain already uses to function along with a series of electrodes to connect the brain with a machine.

  • The added value from electricity generation makes this look cheaper than many methods that could pull similar amounts of CO2 out of the air.

  • Some are outfitted with solar panels, water heaters, and other gadgets that allow them to be independent of water and electricity hookups.

  • “It’s enough to pay the electricity and the insurance, and it’s nice to give at least a couple of people some jobs,” he said.

  • Young, idealistic Nikola Tesla came to the United States in 1884 hoping that electricity mogul Thomas Edison would work with him on a new system for generating and distributing electricity.

  • The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.

  • The carpeting is worn, the furniture is falling apart, and the electricity is out for most of the day.

  • Some of Stone's neighbors, who live between Dotts and 4th Streets in Pennsburg, said their electricity and water had been cut off.

  • Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.

  • That year, landfill gas accounted for 9,800 gigawatts of electricity generation, up more than 90 percent from 2003.

  • While it lasted flashes of lightning frequently played around the mast-top, occasioned by electricity.

  • In doing this work the electricity may, and often is, utterly dissipated—that is, changed into heat.

  • You must be careful or your battery'll run out of electricity; that would mean your being hung up for two days.

  • Yet we are told that heat, motion, electricity and chemical affinity are the causes of mental and moral action.

  • That because light, heat, electricity and motion are closely related, therefore they are the cause of life.