Leyden jar

基本解释

The next step was the invention of the Leyden jar.
下一步，是莱顿瓶的发明。
The use of the Leyden jar was that it enables electricity to be stored.
莱顿瓶的用途是能蓄电。
This was unlike the leyden jar, which merely gave a sudden rush of current.
这与莱顿瓶不一样，莱顿瓶只能骤然发出一股电流。
That electricity from a Leyden jar or an electric machine would cause the legs of a dead frog to move.
莱顿瓶或电器发出来的电竟使死蛙的腿动起来。
When a storm cloud passed over Franklin's kite the negative charges in the cloud leaked onto his kite, his kite string, his key, and a Leyden jar attached to the key by a thin metal wire.
当风暴云掠过富兰克林的风筝时，云中的负电荷转移到他的风筝上，他的风筝的线，他的钥匙，还有一个莱顿瓶通过一个细金属丝连接到钥匙上。

an early type of capacitor consisting of a glass jar with the lower part of the inside and outside coated with tin foil