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

• Which way to the electric chair?
  这就要被判死刑了吗？
• 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。
• This is a little piece I like to call "electric chair."
  我称这个为“电椅”，小意思而已
• He was sent to the electric chair.
  他被送上电椅处决。
• So I bought her an electric chair.
  于是，我给她买了一把电椅。
• Niggers ought to have their own electric chair.
  黑鬼应该有黑人专用的电椅。
• 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。
• To undergo execution in an electric chair.
  电刑在电椅上受极刑。
• 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。
• 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。