the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture;
"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); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;
"subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"
"electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
electric shock的用法和樣例:
例句
The passerby thought he had got an electric shock. 那個過路人以為他觸電了呢。
The conviction came as a shock, and she stood still in a flurry of thought. 這一肯定之後,她就象觸電一樣,站在那裡不動,思緒紛集。