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
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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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