(a) an electrically-powered chair; (b) = electric chair n. at electric, adj. n.compounds 1b.
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > electrocution > electric chair (7) electrical chair1756 (a) an electrically-powered chair; (b) = electric chair n. at electric, adj. n.compounds 1b. electric chair1880 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… death chair1883 (a) a chair for a corpse or with a corpse in it (now rare); (b) a chair for a person condemned to death; a chair in which a person dies; spec. (U.S.)… chair1900 = electric chair n. at electric, adj. n.compounds 1b. U.S. hot seat1925 U.S. colloquial. = electric chair n. at electric, adj. n.compounds 1b. Cf. hot, adj. 9h. hot chair1927 (a) U.S. slang = electric chair n. at electric, adj. n.compounds 1b; cf. sense A. 9h; (b) colloquial = hot seat, n. 2. hot squat1928 an electric chair; = hot chair n. (a). |
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