英汉词典

electricity 基本解释

• n. 电力；电流；强烈的紧张情绪

electricity 中文词源

来自词根electro, 电。

electricity 英文词源

electricity

electricity: [17] The earliest manifestation of electricity was that produced by rubbing amber, and hence the name, based on ēlectrum, Latin for ‘amber’ (which in turn derives from Greek ēlektron). The first evidence of this in a Latin text is in William Gilbert’s De magnete 1600, but by the middle of the century we find the word being used in English treatises, notably Sir Thomas Browne’s Pseudodoxia epidemica 1646. (At this early stage, of course, it referred only to the ability of rubbed amber, etc to attract light bodies, the only property of electricity then known about; it was not until later that the full range of other electrical phenomena came to be included under the term.)

electricity (n.)

1640s (Browne, from Gilbert's Modern Latin), from electric (q.v.) + -ity. Originally in reference to friction.

Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. [Ambrose Bierce, "The Cynic's Word Book," 1906]

electricity 英文释义

1. a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons

2. energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor;

"they built a car that runs on electricity"

3. keen and shared excitement;

"the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"

electricity 双语例句

1. It will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant.

它的发电成本要比核电站低。

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2. It should also look into the possibilities of wind-generated electricity.

还会对风力发电的可能性进行研究。

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3. The cost of electricity from coal-fired stations is expected to fall.

用煤作燃料的火力发电站的成本有望降低。

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4. Some barbecues can be plugged into a household electricity supply.

有一些烧烤炉能直接插到家用电源上。

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5. The building had been trashed and its electricity supply cut.

那栋楼遭到打砸，电被切断。

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electricity 实用场景例句

a waste of electricity

浪费电

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The electricity is off (= there is no electric power supply) .

停电了。

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We moved into a cabin with electricity but no running water...

我们搬进一栋通了电但没有自来水的小屋。

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The electricity had been cut off.

停电了。

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They will wire the new house for electricity.

他们将给新房屋安装电线.

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Energy and raw materials have risen plate, or 3.5, respectively and. %, give market support.

能源与原材料板块有所上涨, 涨幅分别为3.5%与. %, 给市场带来支撑.

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At night these streets are brilliant with a pearly radiance of electricity.

夜里,珍珠般的电灯把这些街道照得一片辉煌.

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Wood is a poor conductor of heat and electricity.

木头是热和电的不良导体.

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Copper has less resistance to electricity than lead.

铜比铅的电阻要小.

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Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.

没有电, 有煤油灯.

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Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.

蒸汽和水力可用来发电.

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The machinery is driven by electricity.

这些机器由电驱动.

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Electrons are negatively charged with electricity.

电子带负电荷.

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In the 19 th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity.

在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电.

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If we charge it with electricity, it will become magnetic.

如果充上电, 它就会带有磁性.

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The power station furnished us with electricity.

发电站给我们供电.

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That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch .

那是在过去，还没有到开关一响就有电的时代。

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There are clear winners when a dam is built. Farmers get irrigation water, businesses get electricity.

大坝若是建成，会有一些明显的受益者：农民将得到灌溉用水，企业将得到电力。

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He cannot fix the electricity.

他不会修电路。

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Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.

一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。

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The vast majority live in tin shacks without electricity, clean water or sanitary facilities.

大多数人生活在简陋的铁皮屋子里，没有电，没有干净的水，也没有卫生设施。

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Some barbecues can be plugged into a household electricity supply.

有一些烧烤炉能直接插到家用电源上。

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The strike had already led to cuts in electricity and water supplies in many areas.

罢工已经导致很多地区停电、停水。

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They have a generator when the electricity fails.

他们有一台发电机，以备停电时所需。

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Local electricity companies say some homes won't be reconnected until the end of the week.

当地电力公司称一些住户要到周末才能恢复供电。

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The town is without electricity and the water supply has been cut off.

镇上已停水断电。

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High electricity bills point to a poor heating system or bad insulation.

高额电费开支说明供暖系统不足或建筑隔热材料不良。

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The dynamo conked out so we've got no electricity.

发电机出了故障，所以停电了。

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