electric shock

英 [ɪˌlektrɪk ˈʃɒk]

美 [ɪˌlektrɪk ˈʃɑːk]

n.  电休克; 触电; 电击

医学化学

牛津词典

noun

• 电休克；触电；电击
  a sudden painful feeling that you get when electricity passes through your body

柯林斯词典

• 触电;电击
  If you get anelectric shock, you get a sudden painful feeling when you touch something which is connected to a supply of electricity.

英英释义

noun

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
  1. subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
  2. electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks
  Synonym:electrical shockshock
• the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
  1. they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks
• trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning)

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