electric chair
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
electric chair
formalA device used for carrying out the death penalty by electrocution.
Zài在
yī一
xiē些
zhōu州
，
diàn电
yǐ椅
céng曾
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
fǎ法
dìng定
de的
sǐ死
xíng刑
zhí执
xíng行
fāng方
shì式
。
In some states, the electric chair was once a legal method of execution.
Tā他
bèi被
pàn判
chǔ处
sǐ死
xíng刑
，
jiāng将
zài在
diàn电
yǐ椅
shàng上
zhí执
xíng行
。
He was sentenced to death, which will be carried out in the electric chair.
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Guān关
yú于
diàn电
yǐ椅
shì是
fǒu否
rén人
dào道
，
yī一
zhí直
cún存
zài在
zhēng争
yì议
。
There has always been controversy over whether the electric chair is humane.