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

最好使用棉线来悬挂橡子。

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" 成棉线。

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

会在球上进行细致的棉线工作，称为缝。

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，它们的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.

他的手和指甲都染成了蓝色，因为他把棉线放进一个叫做染料的大容器里。

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

它看上去就是用棉线编织成的，上面覆盖着柔软的叶子和树皮。

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线，只能燃烧四十五小时。

" I thought I needed to thread the thin cotton through the needle."

“我以为我需要把细棉线穿进针眼。”

Rice husks and cotton string, the simple materials that make up these stunning Japanese tamari.

稻壳和棉线，这些构成了日本精美手鞠球的简单材料。

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

到了 1879 年，托马斯·爱迪用棉线灯丝制成了灯泡，其使用寿命为 14 小时。

When you have some cotton and a needle, and you're doing some sewing, the cotton is the thread.

你有一些棉线和针， 正在缝纫时，棉线就是线。

And if you like, with your patchwork quilt, the cotton that sews the patches together, they're the rivets.

如果你愿意， 可以把这比喻成拼布被，那些把补丁缝在一起的棉线，就是铆钉。

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。

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，在你的厨房找一个地方挂你的绳子。

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线，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.

然后她们穿上漂亮的白色长袜，那是用细棉线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线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。

To make a thread out of cotton, you twist those long, strong, curly cotton fibers together, pulling them tight as you spin, and they coil around each other and turn into one long strand.

制作棉线时，你需要将那些长长的、坚韧且卷曲的棉纤维拧在一起，在纺纱过程中将其拉紧，这些纤维会相互缠绕，最终形成一根长长的线。