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

• 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。
• On death row, General Krantz is led to the electric chair.
  在死刑房，“将军”被准备执行电刑。
• To undergo execution in an electric chair.
  电刑在电椅上受极刑。
• 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。
• It was like walking to the electric chair.
  就象上电椅一样。这就是我的感受。
• 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。
• He is not unlike those condemned persons who have to be carried to the guillotine or the electric chair because they drag their feet.
  他和那些拖拖拉拉不得不被架上绞刑架或电椅的死刑犯相比没什么不同。
• Niggers ought to have their own electric chair.
  黑鬼应该有黑人专用的电椅。
• My god, they'd put you in the electric chair.
  上帝，他们会把你推上电椅。
• Do you realize that if you go to trial again it means the electric chair if you are found guilty?
  如果你再受审，而被裁决有罪，那你就要坐电椅了，你知道吗？