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electrify

verb
🔊/ɪˈlektrɪfaɪ/
🔊/ɪˈlektrɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they electrify
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he / she / it electrifies
🔊/ɪˈlektrɪfaɪz/
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past simple electrified
🔊/ɪˈlektrɪfaɪd/
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past participle electrified
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-ing form electrifying
🔊/ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. [usually passive] to make something work by using electricity; to pass an electrical current through something使电气化；使通电；使带电
    • be electrified The railway line was electrified in the 1950s.这条铁路线在 20 世纪 50 年代实现了电气化。🔊🔊
    • He had all the fences around his home electrified.他把房子周围的铁丝网都通了电。🔊🔊
  2. electrify somebody to make somebody feel very excited and enthusiastic about something使激动；使兴奋
    • Her performance electrified the audience.她的表演使观众兴奋不已。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
    3. Word Originmid 18th cent.: from electric + -fy.