lightning rod

基本解釋

Using this knowledge, he invented the lightning rod which today protects millions of buildings from lightning.
利用這一知識，富蘭克林發(fā)明了避雷針，使得今天數(shù)以百萬計的建筑物便遭雷擊。
First some of the things, Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod; he created the first wood stove with a pipe out the back that extended through the wall.
他發(fā)明的東西當(dāng)中有避雷針；他還創(chuàng)造了第一個木制火爐，從背后通出一根煙囪管子插到墻劈里去。
The issue had become a lightning rod for criticism of China's attempts to control the press.
對于因試圖控制媒體而遭到批評的中國來說，這一消息的公布彷佛一只“避雷針”。

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A lightning rod is the same as a lightning conductor
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