Electrocute
[ɪ'lektrəkjuːt] or [ɪ'lɛktrəkjut]
解释:
(verb.) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; 'The serial killer was electrocuted'.
(verb.) kill by electric shock; 'She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted'.
校对:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]
汉克整理
例句:
- They were so placed that when a rat passed over them the fore feet on the one plate and the hind feet on the other completed the circuit and the rat departed this life, electrocuted. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- This automatic electrocuting device attracted so much attention, and got half a column in an evening paper, that the manager made me stop it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
校对:马蒂