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单词 lightning rod
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ˈlight•ning ˌrod, n. [countable]
  1. Electricitya metal rod that conducts electricity, installed to attract lightning away from a structure by providing a direct path to the ground.
  2. a person or thing that attracts negative feelings, opinions, etc., thereby keeping them from other targets.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
light′ning rod′, 
    1. Electricitya rodlike conductor installed to divert lightning away from a structure by providing a direct path to the ground.
    2. a person or thing that attracts and absorbs powerful and esp. negative or hostile feelings, opinions, etc., thereby diverting such feelings from other targets:The unpopular supervisor served as a lightning rod for the criticism that should have been aimed at management.
    • 1780–90, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lightning conductor, lightning rod n
  1. a metal strip terminating in a series of sharp points, attached to the highest part of a building, etc, to discharge the electric field before it can reach a dangerous level and cause a lightning strike
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