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electrocute

/ih-lek-truh-kyoot/US // ɪˈlɛk trəˌkyut //UK // (ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjuːt) //

电击,触电,电刑,电死人

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    e·lec·tro·cut·ed, e·lec·tro·cut·ing.

    • : to kill by electricity.
    • : to execute by electricity, as in an electric chair.

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Examples

  • On June 19, 1953, Ethel Rosenberg was electrocuted, having been found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union.

  • He also built shocking devices in middle school consisting of a box with two wires attached that would electrocute its user.

  • A strong electric shock may of course electrocute a plant by killing the cells.

  • "Thar's a cayuse in thar thet I'd plumb like ter electrocute," said Bud, who was mad clear through.

  • We electrocute the Italian and print pictures of the wheat speculator in our magazines as an example of Success.

  • And if you make any sudden moves you are liable to break a phone, electrocute yourself or choke to death.

  • The man in the control room had frustrated the attempt to electrocute us.

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