suicide cable

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词形变化

suicide cables 复数 suicide cables

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A simple electrical cord with prongs on both ends; plugging one end into a live outlet (for example a generator) and the other end into a dead outlet (in a house with no power) allows power to be injected from the live outlet into the dead one.

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    When the hurricane hit and I lost power, I fired up the generator and jacked it in to the outlet in my garage with a suicide cable; at least I was able to run a few lights and my refrigerator.

词源

Referencing the fact that when one end is plugged into a live outlet, the exposed prongs of the other end are highly dangerous.

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