spinning jenny
noun /ˌspɪnɪŋ ˈdʒeni/
/ˌspɪnɪŋ ˈdʒeni/
- an early machine that could spin many threads of wool at the same time. It was invented by James Hargreaves in Lancashire, England, in the 1760s. It caused a revolution in the wool industry because previously a person could only spin one thread at a time.
珍妮纺纱机：一种早期的机器，可以同时纺出多根羊毛线。它是詹姆斯·哈格里夫斯（James Hargreaves）于1760年代在英格兰兰开夏郡发明的。它引起了羊毛工业的一场革命，因为以前一个人一次只能纺一根线。