| 单词 | electrical chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectrical chair electrical chair n. (a) an electrically-powered chair; (b) = electric chair n. at electric adj. and n. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1756 R. Lovett Subtil Medium Prov'd iii. 82 The Shouts were always first performed before she sat in the electrical Chair. 1883 Boston Daily Globe 27 May 4/6 A New York man, Sheridan by name, has invented an electrical chair for executing criminals. 1938 New Castle (Pa.) News 21 Jan. 15/2 It is planned to move the state's electrical chair, where murderers are put to death, to the new prison. 1992 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 20 Oct. a 11 Engineers were ‘meticulous in making sure you didn't need an electrical chair to get up the ramps leading to seating platforms’. 2005 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 14 Mar. a7 Becker died in the electrical chair in 1915. < as lemmas |
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