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 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• So I bought her an electric chair.
  于是，我给她买了一把电椅。
• You will see to it that the cyanide stays out of the aspirin, that the bull doesn't jump the fence, or that your client doesn't go to the electric chair as a result of your incompetence.
  作为药剂师，你要确保氰化物没有和阿司匹林混在一起，作为工程师，你要确保一切都在你的掌控之中，作为律师，你要确保你的委托人没有你的无能而处以电刑。
• To undergo execution in an electric chair.
  电刑在电椅上受极刑。
• A girl student named Wu Shou-chin became insane after being treated five times in an electric chair.
  有一个名叫吴绶琴的女学生受了五次电刑，以致神经错乱。
• Niggers ought to have their own electric chair.
  黑鬼应该有黑人专用的电椅。