electric chair
复数形式
electric chairs
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电椅, 电动椅
a device used for carrying out capital punishment by electrocution
- The condemned prisoner was sentenced to death by the electric chair for his crimes.
被定罪的囚犯因其罪行被判处电椅死刑。
- The electric chair was used as a method of execution in many states before the introduction of lethal injection.
在引入致命注射之前，电椅被用作许多州的处决方法。
- Witnesses gathered outside the prison to protest the use of the electric chair as a form of capital punishment.
目击者聚集在监狱外抗议使用电椅作为一种死刑形式。
- Death row inmates often spend years awaiting their fate, including the possibility of death by the electric chair.
死囚常常花费数年时间等待他们的命运，包括可能通过电椅处死。
- The executioner prepared the electric chair for the condemned prisoner, ensuring it was in working order.
刽子手为被判刑的囚犯准备了电椅，确保它能正常工作。