electrocutes

英 [ɪˈlektrəkjuːts]

美 [ɪˈlektrəkjuːts]

v.  使触电受伤(或死亡); 用电刑处死
electrocute的第三人称单数

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。