• adj. 電的；電動的；發電的；導電的；令人震驚的
• n. 電；電氣車輛；帶電體

來自拉丁文electrum, 琥珀。因古人發現琥珀經摩擦后可以吸附其它物體，因此就借用該拉丁詞表示電。

electric (adj.)

1640s, first used in English by physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), apparently coined as Modern Latin electricus (literally "resembling amber") by English physicist William Gilbert (1540-1603) in treatise "De Magnete" (1600), from Latin electrum "amber," from Greek elektron "amber" (Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus), also "pale gold" (a compound of 1 part silver to 4 of gold); which is of unknown origin.

Vim illam electricam nobis placet appellare [Gilbert]

Originally the word described substances which, like amber, attract other substances when rubbed. Meaning "charged with electricity" is from 1670s; the physical force so called because it first was generated by rubbing amber. In many modern instances, the word is short for electrical. Figurative sense is attested by 1793. Electric light is from 1767. Electric toothbrush first recorded 1936; electric blanket in 1930. Electric typewriter is from 1958. Electric guitar is from 1938; electric organ coined as the name of a hypothetical future instrument in 1885.

1. All Dreamland's electric blankets are guaranteed for three years.

所有的夢鄉牌電熱毯質保3年。

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2. Water and electric hook-ups are available and facilities are good.

水和電都可以接通，設施也很不錯。

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3. Hybrids, unlike pure electric cars, never need to be plugged in.

與純電動汽車不同，混合動力車永遠不需要接電源。

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4. The company, New England Electric, burns coal to generate power.

新英格蘭電力公司用煤發電。

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5. In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.

在發電廠里，熱能將水轉化成高壓蒸汽。

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