It was the legendary strength and brightness of silk fibers that made it so sought-after.

就蚕丝纤维的传奇力量和色彩，从此变得炙手可热。

We've been using silkworm silk to make clothing and textiles for around 5, 000 years.

5000年来我们一直在蚕丝制作衣服和纺织品。

We ordered 6,500 silkworms from an online silk farm.

我们从线上蚕丝公司订了6,500只蚕。

The problem is that the density of the silk in the original garment is Denier 11.2, 9000 meters of this type of silk thread weighs one gram.

问题素纱单衣的蚕丝纤度11.2旦，种丝线每9000米也只有1克重。

First one is silk and that's made of silkworms right, very expensive, very fine, very thin, usually shiny, very nice piece of material.

第一个丝绸，蚕丝做的，非常昂贵，非常细，非常薄，通常有光泽，非常好的材料。

So the Nautilus's crew could dress themselves at little cost, without needing a thing from cotton growers, sheep, or silkworms on shore.

诺第留斯号的船员一点不需要陆地上的棉花、羊和蚕丝，就可以穿起物美价廉的衣服。

The silk-worm caterpillars wrap themselves round with a ball of silk called a cocoon while they are going through this change.

蚕的幼虫样变化的时候，会把身体包在一个蚕丝做的球形里面，叫“蚕茧”。

But the worms don't produce spider silk, either, just better silkworm silk.

不过些蚕也不能生产出蛛丝，它们仅能生产出更好的蚕丝。

They produce a lot of silk, too — each one spins a cocoon from a single strand that can be up to 1, 000 meters long.

并且它们可以生产出大量的蚕丝——每个蚕茧都由一根长达1000米以上的蚕丝裹成的。

Silkworm silk is tough, but spider silk is stronger and stretchier, and in theory should be much more versatile.

蚕丝很坚韧，但蛛丝更结实也更有弹性，理论上应范围也应该更广。

Silkworms for their silk, whales for their blubber, sheep for their wool.

例如提供蚕丝的蚕、提供鲸脂的鲸、提供羊的羊。

The amount of silk a single spider produces compared to a single silkworm is pretty pathetic, and spiders also like to eat their webs when they're done with them.

一只蜘蛛生产的蛛丝量与一只蚕生产的蚕丝量相比少的可怜，而且蜘蛛喜欢织完网再把网吃掉。

Silkworms, the source of all natural silk, depend on mulberries for their diet.

蚕所有天然蚕丝的来源，依靠桑葚作为饮食。

This is odd because proteins of which silk is made are themselves.

很奇怪，因为构成蚕丝的蛋白质本身。

Since switching to Blissy, our skin and hair have never been happier.

自从换Blissy的蚕丝枕套后，我们的肌肤和头发从未如此愉悦。

He lamented " the fatal mistake the world had been so long in, of using silkworms, while we had such plenty of domestic insects who infinitely excelled the former, because they understood how to weave, as well as spin" .

他感叹道：“世界长期以来犯了一个致命的错误，使蚕丝，而我们有么多优秀的家养昆虫，它们在编织和纺纱方面远超蚕。”

A sheet of particles like the proteins that make up silk is a more sophisticated kind of network because the particles are connected on all sides, but its connections are still two-dimensional so it's only stronger in those directions.

像构成蚕丝的蛋白质样的粒薄片一种更复杂的网络固体，因为些粒四面相连，但其连接仍然二维的， 所以它只在些方向上更强。

And given the sheer number of designers, silk extractors, weavers, tailors, and more required to produce the one brocaded robe, it's no wonder it's the sole example of its kind in the world.

考虑到制作一件锦缎长袍所需的设计师、蚕丝提取工、织工、裁缝等众多人员的庞大数量，它成为世界上独一无二的珍品也就不足为奇了。

Finally, inspired by remarkable biological materials such as silk, abalone shell, tooth and others, we're designing new protein-based materials to address challenges in energy and ecological issues.

最后， 受到诸如蚕丝、鲍鱼、牙齿等卓越生物材料的启发，我们正在设计新的基于蛋白质的材料来解决能源和生态问题中的挑战。

Which wig, it is to be presumed, was made of hair, but which looked far more as though it were spun from filaments of silk or glass.

可以推测， 顶假发真头发做的，但看上去更像蚕丝或玻璃丝纺成的。