Historically, this color came from natural plant-derived indigo.

历史上，这个颜取自于自然植物的靛蓝。

And so we think they're referring probably to the earliest Old World indigo-blue dyed textiles.

不过，我们认为它们指的可能是最古老的靛蓝纺织品。

And it's in South America that researchers recently found the oldest known example of fabrics dyed with indigo.

最近，研究人员就在南美洲发现了目前已知最古老的靛蓝染布料。

So that would date to about 5,000 years ago, 3100 B.C.

因此，靛蓝染料的历史可追溯到5000年前，即大约公元前3100年。

He knows by smell and feel the right state of the indigo coloring, which he compares to a living thing.

他通过嗅觉和触觉知道靛蓝颜的正确状态，他把它比个有生命的东西。

And the earliest known indigo blue textiles were from Egypt and they date to around 4400 B.P., before present.

此前已知最古老的靛蓝纺织品来自于古埃及，距今大约4400年。

Indigo's foundational guess was that this special something is often in the rhizosphere.

靛蓝的基础假设是这个特别的东西通常存在于根际。

Last year it ordered 470 aircraft, not far off Indigo's record-breaking order.

去年，该公司订购了470架飞机，这数字与靛蓝航空创纪录的订单相差无几。

By the 18th century, coffee and indigo were also important slave-produced exports.

到18世纪，咖啡和靛蓝也成为重要的奴隶生产出口商品。

Her exquisite figure was enhanced by a wonderful gown of indigo charmeuse.

件美的靛蓝查米尤斯礼服衬托出她优美的身材。

Really? - Well, I got an indiglo girls cd.

真的吗 -我有张靛蓝女孩组合的唱片。

For Indigo, then, competition is bound to get tougher.

因此，靛蓝航空面临的竞争势必会变得更加激烈。

So I think these gentle blues and darker blues, these like almost like indigos are our colors.

所以我认为这些柔和的蓝和深蓝，这些几乎像靛蓝样是我们的颜。

But like Athey, she worries about the potential impact of the chemicals used to make indigo dye.

但她和阿西样， 担心用于制造靛蓝染料的化物质可能产生的影响。

" And it was at that point that I realized we probably had indigo and it was probably the world's oldest indigo."

“就在那时我意识到，我们发现的可能是是靛蓝，而且这可能是世界上最古老的靛蓝。”

Indigo sticks to the outside of fibers, and in hot water, the dye gradually fades instead of seeping deeper into the material.

靛蓝粘在纤维的外面，在热水中，染料逐渐褪，而不是更深地渗入材料中。

I was wearing my French peasant's jacket in indigo denim, a minidress and a pair of army boots.

我穿着我的靛蓝牛仔布法国农民夹克，条迷你裙和双军靴。

Like indigo's researchers, Cassandra Alsup, Isabel George, and Richard Lankow of the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been looking at soil microbes.

像靛蓝公司的研究人员样，威斯康星大麦迪逊分校的卡桑德拉·阿尔斯普、伊莎贝尔·乔治和理查德·兰夫也在研究土壤微生物。

Indigo, the airline they founded in 2006, is now India's largest, with over 60% of the domestic market by passenger volume.

他们于2006年创立的靛蓝航空，如今已成为印度规模最大的航空公司， 乘客量在国内市场占有率超过60%。

Cinderpelt stood at Bluestar's head and gazed into the indigo sky, where the first stars of Silverpelt were beginning to appear.

炭毛站在蓝星的头顶，凝视着靛蓝的天空，银毛的第颗星星正在那里开始出现。