electricity
n. 电, 电流, 电学, 热情, 电力供应 [化] 电学; 电
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教材释义与例句
电力；电流；强烈的紧张情绪
the power that is carried by wires, cables etc, and is used to provide light or heat, to make machines work etc
The farm was very isolated, but it had electricity.
那个农场非常偏远，但有电力供应。
释义与例句
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Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field.
不可数For, reſtoring the equilibrium in the bottle does not at all affect the Electricity in the man thro’ whom the fire paſſes ; that Electricity is neither increaſed nor diminiſhed.
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The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.
不可数 物理He took up the job of studying electricity in college.
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A feeling of excitement; a thrill.
不可数Opening night for the new production had an electricity unlike other openings.
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Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.
电力
不可数This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.
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Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators.
电
电气
电能
电力
不可数Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.
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The supply of electricity, as a utility.
定语 不可数 商务Electricity bosses set to make record profits.
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From electric + -ity.
来源：wiktionary