| 单词 | to ride the lightning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ride the lightning d. U.S. slang to ride the lightning: to be executed in the electric chair. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (intransitive)] > be executed in electric chair fry1929 to ride the lightning1932 1932 C. Himes His Last Day in Abbott's Monthly Nov. 33/1 Death row at Big Meadows where he had..returned in less than a year after his release to ride the lightning in the hot-squat. 1968 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 15 Sept. 10/3 Four hours before I was ‘to ride the lightning’ in the chair a man came to the jail and confessed. 2001 R. Bragg Ava's Man 79 They would strap you down and make you ride the lightning for killing a man. < as lemmas |
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