تعريف lightning rod في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.
A person or thing that is a target for negative reactions and distracts criticism from another target
A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground and protects the building from damage by lightning
a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
If you say that someone is a lightning rod for something, you mean that they attract that thing to themselves. He is a lightning rod for controversy