electrocute

英 [ɪˈlektrəkjuːt]

美 [ɪˈlektrəkjuːt]

v.  使触电受伤(或死亡); 用电刑处死

过去分词：electrocuted　过去式：electrocuted　现在分词：electrocuting　第三人称单数：electrocutes　

TEM8法律

BNC.33805 / COCA.23224

牛津词典

verb

• 使触电受伤（或死亡）；用电刑处死
  to injure or kill sb by passing electricity through their body
  1. The boy was electrocuted when he wandered onto a railway track.
     男孩闲逛踩到铁轨上时触电死亡。
  2. James Roach was electrocuted in South Carolina in 1986 (= punished by being killed in the electric chair) .
     詹姆斯∙罗奇于1986年在南卡罗来纳州被电刑处死。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使触电身亡;用电击伤
  If someoneis electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity.
  1. Three people were electrocuted by falling power-lines...
     3个人碰到落下的电缆，触电身亡。
  2. He accidentally electrocuted himself.
     他意外触电身亡。
• VERB 用电刑处死（罪犯）
  If a criminalis electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity.
  1. He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17.
     他因17岁时犯下的谋杀罪而被处以电刑。

英英释义

verb

• kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
  1. The serial killer was electrocuted
  Synonym:fry
• kill by electric shock
  1. She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted

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