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

• 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
• When I get through with you, you'll be begging for the electric chair!
  我抓到你，你就会求我让你上电椅。
• Which way to the electric chair?
  这就要被判死刑了吗？
• Improvement design of the backrest movement mechanism of electric dental patient chair the policy should be inclined to CHS;
  电动牙科病人椅背靠前后倾机构的改进设计制定医保倾斜政策，促进病人向社区卫生服务机构合理流动；
• However, his dream is not long, and when he took the electric chair just escaped to the prison due to act too obvious, immediately caught back execution.
  可是，他好梦不长，当他带着电椅刚逃到监狱门口时，由于行动太明显，随即被捉回来执行死刑。
• Said by: James French, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair.
  出自：詹姆斯·弗兰彻，杀人犯，他被终身判决为上电椅死刑。
• This is a little piece I like to call "electric chair."
  我称这个为“电椅”，小意思而已
• A dentist invented the electric chair.
  电椅是一个牙医发明的。
• 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。
• My god, they'd put you in the electric chair.
  上帝，他们会把你推上电椅。