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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

电 [diàn]
  1. 1. noun [能源] electricity
    电能
    electric power
    发电站
    electric power station
    停电了。
    There's been a power cut.
  2. 2. noun [Telegraph] telegram
    发急电
    send an urgent telegram
  3. 3. verb [触电] get an electric shock
  4. 4. verb [发电报] send a telegram
    电贺
    congratulate by telegram

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

电 [diàn]
  1. 1. noun electricity
  2. 2. noun telegram; cable
  3. 3. verb give or get an electric shock
    电门有毛病，电了我一下。
    There was something wrong with the switch and I got a shock.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

电 [diàn]
  1. 1. 名 闪电，阴雨天气云层放电时发出的光
    电闪雷鸣
  2. 2. 名 物质中存在的一种能，可以发光、发热、产生动力等，是一种重要能源，广泛应用于生产、生活各方面
    发电
    电灯
    电动机
    电话
    电冰箱
  3. 3. 动 触电；电流打击
    插座漏电，电了我一下
    电死一个人
  4. 4. 名 指电报
    致电
    贺电
  5. 5. 动 打电报、电话或电传
    即电总部请示
    电示
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Examples

打手电
flash a torch
电功率计
electrodynamometer
我已给家里复了电。
I've already telegraphed my family in reply.
电(燃气)热水器
electric (gas) geyser
同性的电互相排斥。
Two like electric charges repel each other.
异性的电互相吸引。
Unlike electric charges attract each other.
电熨斗
electric iron
除夕夜全家人欢聚一堂，背兴的是突然停了电。
The whole family was having a happy reunion on the eve of the Spring Festival when to everyone's disappointment the power suddenly went off.
他把买回来的冰淇淋放在了电冰柜里。
He put the ice-cream he had just bought into the refrigerator.
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