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单词 electric hedge
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electric hedge
electric hedge n. an invisible barrier charged with electricity.Apparently an isolated use.In quot. 1921, Shaw is alluding to an invisible electric barrier in Rudyard Kipling's story As easy as A.B.C. (1912).
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1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah iv. i. 169 The Elderly Gentleman:..When I tried to step off the pier on to the road, I received a shock, followed by an attack of pins and needles which ceased only when I stepped back on to the stones. Zoo: Yes: there is an electric hedge there. It is a very old and very crude method of keeping animals from straying...The Elderly Gentleman: Kipling..is said to have invented the electric hedge.
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