Betekenis van:
lightning rod

lightning rod
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • staaf om bliksem af te leiden
  • a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

lightning rod
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another

    Hyperoniemen


    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. When a thunderstorm suddenly came out of the blue, she jumped abruptly out of the hammock and ran headlong into the house where she stopped short, remembering suddenly that she had no lightning rod, and because she realized at once that this sudden onrush of a thunderstorm could end her life before she could say Jack Robinson, she became sore afraid.