After this has been done, the fibres are spun or twisted into threads.

梳理完了之后, 再把棉纤维" 纺" 成棉线。

The careful work with thread called stitching is done on the ball.

会在球上进行细致棉线工作，称为缝合。

It is best to hang up the acorn by threads of cotton.

最好使用棉线来悬挂橡子。

Now the fungus forms these complex networks underground of fine filaments thinner than even threads of cotton.

现在真菌在成这些复杂网络，它们这些细丝比棉线还细。

His hands and nails are colored blue from putting threads of cotton into a big container of coloring called dye.

他手和指甲都染成了蓝色，因为他把棉线放进一个叫做染料大容器里。

It seemed to have been made of cotton fibers, and was covered with the softest bits of leaf and bark.

它看上去就像是用棉线编织成，上面覆盖着柔软叶子和树皮。

The first lamp that he made had a cotton thread for a filament, and it could burn for only forty-five hours.

他制造第一是一根细丝状棉线，只能燃烧四十五小时。

By 1879, Thomas Edison had made a bulb with a cotton thread filament that lasted 14 hours.

到了 1879 年，托马斯·爱迪生用棉线丝制成了泡，其使用寿命为 14 小时。

So here's how I suggest tying them: Using a ball of cotton twine, find a place in your kitchen to hang your string.

所以我建议这样绑它们：用一个棉线球，在你厨房找一个方挂你绳子。

If we pull a cotton thread or a piece of twine to pieces, we shall find that it also is made of fibres.

扯开一根棉线或者麻绳, 就会看到, 它们同样由纤维构成。

If you are very careful, you can pull out little threads of cotton one by one. Soon you will pull all the calico into threads.

要是你非常小心, 就能一根根抽出细细棉线, 很快就能把整块棉布都变成细线了。

Long, fine fibers can wrap around one another better than shorter, less fine fibers, which means those long, fine fibers make stronger threads that hang together better as fabric.

细长且高品质纤维相较于短且质量较次纤维，能更好缠绕彼此。这表示那些细长且高品质纤维能够制造出更坚韧棉线，编织成更好面料。

Then they pulled on their beautiful white stockings, that they had knit of fine cotton thread in lacy, openwork patterns, and they buttoned up their best shoes.

然后她们穿上漂亮白色长袜，那是用细棉线织成花边镂空图案， 然后扣上最好鞋子。

Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, tying cotton threads soaked in holy water around the couples' wrists, and passing a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the union.

仪式包括剪发仪式，把在水浸泡过棉线缠绕在新娘和新郎手腕上，那些婚姻幸福又受人尊敬夫妇围成一圈，将一个蜡烛依次传递，以祝福新婚夫妇。