electrocute /ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjuːt/ TEM8 ( electrocuting, electrocuted, electrocutes )

• 1. 

  V-T If someone is electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity. 使…触电 (死亡或受伤)

  例：

  Three people were electrocuted by falling power lines.

  三人被落下来的电线电死了。

• 2. 

  V-T If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity. 电刑处死 [usu passive]

  例：

  He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17.

  他因为17岁时犯下的谋杀罪而被电刑处死。

• 3. 

  electrocution N-VAR 电刑处死

  例：

  The court pronounced him guilty and sentenced him to death by electrocution.

  法庭宣判他有罪，并判他电刑处死。