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electrify

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryelec·tri·fy \i-ˈlek-trə-ˌfī, ē-ˈ\ transitive verb (-fied ; -fy·ing) DATE 17451. a. to charge with electricity b. (1) to equip for use of electric power (2) to supply with electric power (3) to amplify (music) electronically2. to excite intensely or suddenly the news electrified the nationEnglish Etymologyelectrify 1745, see electric + -ify. Figurative sense recorded by 1752. Related: Electrified; electrifying.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7electrifyelec·trify / i5lektrifai / verb(elec·tri·fies, elec·tri·fy·ing, elec·tri·fied, elec·tri·fied) ▪ [VN] 1. [usually passive] to make sth work by using electricity; to pass an electrical current through sth 使电气化；使通电；使带电: The railway line was electrified in the 1950s. 这条铁路线在 20 世纪 50 年代就实现了电气化。 He had all the fences around his home electrified. 他把房子周围的铁丝网都通了电。 2. to make sb feel very excited and enthusiastic about sth 使激动；使兴奋: Her performance electrified the audience. 她的表演使观众兴奋不已。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedelec·tri·fy\-ˌfī\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: electric + -fy1. : to charge with electricity < electrify a glass rod >2. : to excite suddenly and markedly as if by an electric shock :startle, jar, or thrill into total attention or concern < a hunger strike that electrified all Egypt — Holiday > < the boys cooked up a hair-raising piece of news … to electrifythe girls — Dixon Wecter >especially pleasurably < the blue-eyed girl whose silvery tones and immense vitality had electrified audiences — Alan Tomkins >3. : to equip, operate, or supply with electricity < in Minnesota, where the number of electrified farms has risen … to 90 percent — A.E.Stevenson †1965 > < there is waterpower enough to electrify the continent — Waldo Frank >

To Electrify Electric Electrified Verb Electricity Sth Electrified