electrocution (n.)

"电刑"，1889年，美国英语； 动作名词，源自 electrocute。意思是“任何电死”的含义始于1897年。

Electrocution, unless better performed than in the first instance, is a retrograde step rather than the contrary. The preliminary arrangements: the shaving of the head, the cutting of the clothing, the strapping in a chair, add much to the horror of the occasion. It is safe to say that electrocution is not the coming method of execution. [The Medical Era, vol. vii, no. 9, Sept. 1890]

电刑，除非比第一次执行更好，否则是倒退而不是相反。准备工作：剃头、剪衣服、绑在椅子上，这些都增加了场面的恐怖感。可以肯定的是，电刑不是未来的执行方法。[《医学时代》第七卷，第九期，1890年9月]