VERB 使触电身亡;用电击伤 If someone is electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity.
Three people were electrocuted by falling power-lines... 3个人碰到落下的电缆,触电身亡。
He accidentally electrocuted himself. 他意外触电身亡。
VERB 用电刑处死(罪犯) If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity.
He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17. 他因17岁时犯下的谋杀罪而被处以电刑。