ELECTRIFY


Meaning of ELECTRIFY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪlektrɪfaɪ ]

( electrifies, electrifying, electrified)

1.

If people are electrified by an event or experience, it makes them feel very excited and surprised.

The world was electrified by his courage and resistance.

= thrill

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

• elec‧tri‧fy‧ing

He gave an electrifying performance.

ADJ

2.

When a railway system or railway line is electrified , electric cables are put over the tracks, or electric rails are put beside them, so that the trains can be powered by electricity.

The west-coast line was electrified as long ago as 1974.

...the electrified section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , V-ed

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