the electric chair
US /ði ɪˈlektrik tʃer/
UK /ði ɪˈlektrik tʃeər/
名词
电椅
a chair used to kill a criminal by a powerful electric current
示例:
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The prisoner was sentenced to the electric chair.
囚犯被判处电椅死刑。
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Execution by the electric chair was first used in 1890.
1890年首次使用电椅执行死刑。