| 单词 | electric chair |
| 释义 | electric chair (once / 20957 pages) n An electric chair is a tool or instrument that's used to execute a convicted criminal by sending enough electricity through his body to kill him. The electric chair was invented as a humane means of execution. The first electric chair was used in New York state in 1890, and the term electric chair was coined the previous year. At the time, the most common way to put a prisoner to death was by hanging, which was increasingly seen as cruel and inhumane. The electric chair was meant to cause death quickly and relatively painlessly, though in US states that still have the death penalty, it's more common today to execute criminals using lethal injection. WORD FAMILYelectric chair: electric chairs USAGE EXAMPLESWell, that's the same with pulling the handle on the electric chair. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) A fellow expert opined that Gettler “sent more criminals to the electric chair through his tests than any police detective”. Nature(Nov 15, 2016) Following trials and retrials, Carl Isaacs was sentenced to death — the electric chair at the time of his conviction. Washington Times(Nov 12, 2016) n an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person Syn|Hyper chair, death chair, hot seat instrument of execution an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
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