: a fundamental form of energy observable in positive and negative forms that occurs naturally (as in lightning) or is produced (as in a generator) and that is expressed in terms of the movement and interaction of electrons
: a science that deals with the phenomena and laws of electricity
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: keen contagious excitement
could feel the electricity in the room
Example Sentences
The electricity went off during the storm. an old building with no plumbing or electricity You could feel the electricity in the room.
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ADJECTIVE | VERB + ELECTRICITY | ELECTRICITY + VERB | ELECTRICITY + NOUNADJECTIVE➤high-voltage, low-voltage高壓電;低壓電▸➤mains (BrE) 主幹電力▸➤static靜電➤cheap, low-cost廉價電;低成本電➤free免費用電➤wholesale批量電➤clean, green, renewable (especially BrE) 清潔/綠色/可再生電力➤solar, wind-generated太陽能/風力發電VERB + ELECTRICITY➤create, generate, make, produce發電;產生電力▸➤deliver, provide, supply送電;供電◇The hydroelectric plant provides electricity for half the island's population.水力發電廠向島上的半數居民供電。➤have有電◇All the houses now have electricity.所有的房子現在都已通電。➤conduct導電◇Metals conduct electricity well.金屬有良好的導電性。➤be powered by, consume, use用電力驅動;耗電;用電▸➤cut off, disconnect切斷電源◇Her electricity was cut off when she didn't pay her bill.她沒有交電費,因而被停電了。➤lose斷電◇More than a million customers lost electricity following the flooding.一百多萬用戶在洪水之後得不到電力供應。➤restore恢復供電◇Crews did their best to restore electricity after the storm.船員們在暴風雨後盡最大努力恢復供電。➤save節約用電◇I switched the light off to save electricity.我關了燈以節約用電。➤sell售電➤buy, purchase買電;購電ELECTRICITY + VERB➤flow, run電流流動◇Electricity flows through the wires in the circuit.電流通過電線線路流動。➤surge through sth電流通過⋯ELECTRICITY + NOUN➤bill電費◇Insulating your house could cut your electricity bill by half.給房子加上隔熱裝置可減少一半的電費。➤charges, costs, prices, rates (especially NAmE) 電價◇a 10% drop in electricity prices電價降低 10%➤meter (especially BrE) 電表▸➤board, company, industry, sector, supplier電力局;電力公司;電力工業;電力部門;電力供應商▸➤supply電力供給▸➤grid, network, system輸電網;電網;電力系統◇The town will soon be connected to the national electricity grid.這個鎮子將很快與國家電網連通。➤market電力市場▸➤consumption, demand, usage, use電力消耗;電力需求;電力使用➤shortage電力短缺➤crisis供電危機◇the company's role in California's electricity crisis這家公司在加利福尼亞州供電危機中的責任➤blackout斷電◇A high-voltage fault sparked an electricity blackout.一起高壓故障導致斷電。➤generation, production發電➤deregulation放開電力行業管制➤generator, plant, substation (especially BrE) 發電機;發電廠;變電站▸➤pylon (especially BrE) 電纜塔▸➤cable, line, wire電纜;電線