Like a spark between a cloud and a lightning conductor, the liquid stretches out to the collector.

就像云块与避雷针之间的一个火花，液体向收集器扩展。

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The plane is like the conductor, lightning and ground connections.

飞机就像导体，连接闪电与地面。

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There is a footnote to the invention of the lightning conductor.

对于避雷针的发明有一个补充说明。

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"It is a traditional midterm protest vote and it's found its lightning conductor through UKIP, " Travers said.

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"I think you could say she was a very useful lightning conductor, because she was saying things that other people sometimes felt but didn't want to say, " he says.

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It is both Mr Mandelson's bad luck and his good luck that his beliefs and personality, together with the singular path he has taken to the top, make him the perfect lightning conductor for all these resentments.

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