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 was sent to the electric chair.
  他被送上电椅处决。
• To undergo execution in an electric chair.
  电刑在电椅上受极刑。
• It was like walking to the electric chair.
  就象上电椅一样。这就是我的感受。
• Lethal injection's three-drug cocktail was proposed in1977 by an Oklahoma medical examiner and anesthesiologist as a cheaper and more humane alternative to the electric chair.
  致命注射的三种药物是由俄克拉何马州医学审查员，麻醉学者在1977年提出。
• This is a little piece I like to call "electric chair."
  我称这个为“电椅”，小意思而已
• She trying to get me the electric chair already.
  她已经在努力的想让我去坐死刑电椅了。
• 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。
• Niggers ought to have their own electric chair.
  黑鬼应该有黑人专用的电椅。