核心畫面
Picture something invisible running along a wire — you cannot see it, but the moment it arrives the lamp lights up, the fan turns, the room comes alive. Electricity can be thought of as that unseen power in the wire: silent, fast, and known only by what it makes happen.
可以想成一種在電線裡跑的東西：你看不見它，但它一到，燈就亮了、風扇就轉了、整個房間活了起來。electricity …更多收起
可以想成一種在電線裡跑的東西：你看不見它，但它一到，燈就亮了、風扇就轉了、整個房間活了起來。electricity 就像是這股藏在線路裡、安靜又快速的力量——你永遠是從「它讓什麼動起來」才知道它在。這個「看不見卻讓現場整個帶電」的畫面，也就順著被借去講人的感覺。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
electricitynoun/ˌiːlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/
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Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field.
- Again, the concretion of Ice will not endure a dry attrition without liquation ; for if it be rubbed long with a cloth, it melteth. But Cryſtal will calefie unto electricity ; that is, a power to attract ſtraws or light bodies, and convert the needle freely placed.
- For, reſtoring the equilibrium in the bottle does not at all affect the Electricity in the man thro’ whom the fire paſſes ; that Electricity is neither increaſed nor diminiſhed.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsThe study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.
- He took up the job of studying electricity in college.
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A feeling of excitement; a thrill.
- Opening night for the new production had an electricity unlike other openings.
- The electricity was crackling around Celtic Park even before a ball had been kicked, the home crowd unleashing noise and colour and every ounce of passion in their bodies on the visitors.
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Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.
- This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.
- Householders could one day be producing as much electricity as all the country's nuclear power stations combined, thanks to the revolutionary application of a device developed in the early 19th century.
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Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators.
- Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.
- New facilities consume more electricity than ever. A rack of servers stuffed with AI chips requires about ten times more power than a non-AI version a few years ago. A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that in 2023 America's data centres used 176 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity. That is forecast to increase to between 325TWh and 580TWh by 2028 (see chart 2), or 7-12% of America's total consumption, with hyperscalers accounting for about half.
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businessThe supply of electricity, as a utility.
- Electricity bosses set to make record profits.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。