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单词 electric harpoon
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electric harpoon
electric harpoon n. a harpoon which delivers an electric shock to kill or paralyse its target; (formerly also) †a harpoon which is fired by electricity (obsolete).
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1852 Sci. Amer. 7 Sept. 404/3 (heading) A galvanic or Electric harpoon for paralizing whales.
1889 Cent. Dict. 2727/1 Electric harpoon, a bomb-lance in which the charge is fired by means of an electric fuse, the connection being made by means of a wire in the harpoon-line.
1929 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 2 May 22/5 Norwegian whalers with a view to revolutionizing the trade would shoot electric harpoons next year into the harvest the sea has in store for them.
2001 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 5 Aug. 95 Often, electric harpoons are used, which prolong suffering and cause burns to the porpoises' skin.
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