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

最好使用棉来悬挂橡子。

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。

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

现在真菌在地下形成的这些复杂网络，它的这些细丝比棉还细。

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编织成的，上面覆盖着软的叶子和树皮。

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

他制造的第一盏灯中是一根细丝状的棉，只能燃烧四十五小时。

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

扯开一根棉或者麻绳, 就会看到, 它由纤维构成。

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, 就能一根根地抽出细细的棉, 很快就能把整块棉布都变成细了。

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.

细长且高品质的纤维相较于短且质量较次的纤维，能更好地缠绕彼此。这表示那些细长且高品质的纤维能够制造出更坚韧的棉，编织成更好的面料。

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.

然后她穿上漂亮的白色长袜，那是用细棉织成的花边镂空图案， 然后扣上最好的鞋子。

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，把在水中浸泡过的棉缠绕在新娘和新郎的手腕上，那些婚姻幸福又受人尊敬的夫妇围成一圈，将一个蜡烛依次传递，以祝福新婚夫妇。