| 单词 | electric chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric chair electric chair n. originally U.S. a chair by means of which an electric current can be passed through a person sitting in it; (now) spec. such a chair in which convicted criminals are executed by electrocution (esp. in parts of the United States). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > electrocution > electric chair electrical chair1756 electric chair1880 death chair1883 chair1900 hot seat1925 hot chair1927 hot squat1928 1880 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Gaz. 30 Aug. 4/6 His [sc. Dr. O. C. Sharp's] electric chair (his own invention) so perfected that he is enabled to reach with the electric currents every part of the body. 1883 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 14 June 3/1 The new patent electric chair for the execution of criminals is..altogether too humane. 1889 Peel City Guardian 8 June 6/2 The preparations, which are to consist of taking a seat in an electric chair. 1948 Chicago Daily News 18 Sept. 3/6 A 24-year-old former convict..must die in the electric chair. 1999 Sunday Sport 3 Oct. 7/1 Now anybody on the Internet can see the results of ‘Old Sparky’—the state's electric chair. < as lemmas |
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