新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

electrocute

英  [ɪˈlektrəkjuːt]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • electrocutes , electrocuting , electrocuted

    1[T 及物动词] 使…触电(死亡或受伤)

    If someone is electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity.

    双语例句

    例:

    Three people were electrocuted by falling power lines.

    三人被落下来的电线电死了。

    2[T 及物动词] 电刑处死

    If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17.

    他因为17岁时犯下的谋杀罪而被处以电刑。

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