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electrocution

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

电击,触电事件,电击事件,电刑

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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

  • Some of the stuff has been so shoddy and so sloppy that our soldiers are over there dying in the shower from electrocution.

  • He says we should shut down, and he and Joel argue over which would be worse: a violent riot or mass electrocution.

  • There are three men sentenced to electrocution in September and October.

  • In my innocence I did my best to carry out his instructions, with the result that I suffered a mild sort of electrocution.

  • He was tried speedily, sentenced to electrocution, and executed October 28.

  • To invite electrocution by killing men was no part of Anthony Trents practice.

  • Electrocution can occur from either low voltage (household type) or high voltage currents.

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