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

• Accounts of murderers dying in the electric chair fascinated me, and I kept close track of last meals ordered by condemned men.
  杀人犯死在电椅上的描述很使我着迷，我还很留意死囚的最后一餐所点的饭菜。
• So I bought her an electric chair.
  于是，我给她买了一把电椅。
• 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；
• My god, they'd put you in the electric chair.
  上帝，他们会把你推上电椅。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Which way to the electric chair?
  这就要被判死刑了吗？
• This is a little piece I like to call "electric chair."
  我称这个为“电椅”，小意思而已
• 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？