electric chair

英 [ɪˌlektrɪk ˈtʃeə(r)]

美 [ɪˌlektrɪk ˈtʃer]

n.  (尤指美国处决犯人的)电椅，电刑

法律

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指美国处决犯人的）电椅，电刑
  (especially in the US) a chair in which criminals are killed by passing a powerful electric current through their bodies; the method of execution which uses this chair
  1. He was sent to the electric chair.
     他被送上电椅处决。
  2. They face death by the electric chair.
     他们面临着被电刑处死。

柯林斯词典

• （尤指美国处决犯人的）电椅，电刑
  The electric chairis a method of killing criminals, used especially in the United States, in which a person is strapped to a special chair and killed by a powerful electric current.

英英释义

noun

• an instrument of execution by electrocution
  1. the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
  Synonym:chairdeath chairhot seat

双语例句

• My god, they'd put you in the electric chair.
  上帝，他们会把你推上电椅。
• He then put his name behind an effort to use AC to power the first electric chair.
  随后，他又倡导把交流电用在美国第一把执行死刑的电椅上。
• So I bought her an electric chair.
  于是，我给她买了一把电椅。
• Research of Electric Massage Chair based on Series of PIC Singlechip Microcomputer
  基于PIC系列单片机的电动按摩椅的研制
• In his scheme, he fled to flee to the Mexican border, and will make the electric chair "travel" sale.
  在自己的逃跑计划中，他打算逃到墨西哥边境，然后将这把电椅出售挣点“路费”。
• It was like walking to the electric chair. That's the way it felt.
  这就象是走到死刑电椅上一样，这就是当时的感觉。
• If being ugly were a crime, you'd get the electric chair.
  如果长得丑是一种罪的话，那你就应该被电刑处死。
• A dentist invented the electric chair.
  电椅是一个牙医发明的。
• It was like walking to the electric chair.
  就象上电椅一样。这就是我的感受。
• With strong evidence against him, Lincoln is sentenced to death by electric chair.
  由于有确凿证据对其不利，林肯被处以电椅极刑。