electrocution

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n.  电刑，电击死

医学

BNC.41599 / COCA.27673

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

noun

• killing by electric shock
• execution by electricity
  Synonym:burning

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