electric chair
معنی فارسی
صندلي اعدام الکتريکي اعدام بوسيله برق.
معنی کامل و مثالها
● صندلی برقی (که با آن اعدام می کنند)
● (معمولا با: the) مجازات اعدام (با صندلی برقی)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From 'electric' (related to electricity, from New Latin electricus, from the Greek ēlektron) and 'chair' (a seat with a back, from Old English ċēare).
مثال
- The criminal was sentenced to death by the electric chair.
- The electric chair was once a common method of execution in the United States.
- The museum had an exhibit featuring an old electric chair.
ترکیبهای رایج
Death by electric chair Sentenced to the electric chair
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person “the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair”