| 单词 | electrocute |
| 释义 | electrocute From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishElectricity, Medicineelectrocutee‧lec‧tro‧cute /ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/ verb [transitive usually passive]1 TPEM British English if someone is electrocuted, they are injured or killed by electricity passing through their bodyLast week a housewife was electrocuted by her washing machine.2 to kill someone using electricityGrammar Electrocute is usually passive. —electrocution /ɪˌlektrəˈkjuːʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuselectrocute• One day a cable shorted and they were electrocuted.• He kept her prisoner in her own home and threatened to electrocute her on a sunbed and burn her with an iron.• Animation is fair, but the scene where the dragon flies into a storm cloud and is electrocuted is positively brain-bending!Origin electrocute (1800-1900) electro- + execute |
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