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

就是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来我们一直在用丝制作衣服和纺织品。

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

例如提供丝的、提供鲸脂的鲸、提供羊毛的羊。

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

我们从线上丝公司订了6,500只。

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

丝坚韧，但蛛丝更结实也更有弹性，理论上应用范围也应该更广。

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

不过些也不能生产出蛛丝，它们仅能生产出更好的丝。

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

的幼虫样变化的时候，会把身体包在一个丝做的球形壳子里面，壳子叫“茧”。

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

是所有天然丝的来源，依靠桑葚作为饮食。

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

奇怪，因为构成丝的蛋白质本身。

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

自从换用Blissy的丝枕套后，我们的肌肤和头发从未如此愉悦。

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、羊毛和丝，就可以穿起物美价廉的衣服。

He oversees the whole process from rearing the caterpillars to growing their preferred food and then harvesting their silk.

他监管整个过程，从饲养宝宝到种植它们喜欢的食物，再到收获丝。

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

第一个是丝绸，那是用丝做的，非常昂贵，非常细，非常薄，通常有光泽，非常好的材料。

Rose spoke petulantly and twitched her silk till it broke, while regret seemed to give place to anger as she spoke.

蔷薇暴躁的说着，扯着自己的丝，说着说着，悔意似乎变成了愤怒。

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丝——每个茧都是由一根长达1000米以上的丝裹成的。

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.

问题是素纱单衣的丝纤度是11.2旦，种丝线每9000米也只有1克重。

We recently swapped out our old pillowcases for Mulberry silk pillowcases made by Blissy, and we have to say we are absolutely in love.

我们最近将旧的枕套换成了Blissy制作的桑丝枕套，不得不说， 我们完全爱上了它们。

They worked with silk strands collected from three species of spider that build their webs in different environments and set these down on nutrient-rich plates.

他们使用了从三种在不同环境中结网的蜘蛛种类中收集到的丝，并将些丝放置在富含营养的培养皿上。

We're showing that the yields of cocoon and thread, along with the use of these materials in fabrics, jewelry and cosmetics, offers a potential high income.

我们展示的是，茧和丝的产量，以及些材料在面料、珠宝和化妆品中的应用，提供了潜在的高收入。

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生产的丝量相比少的可怜，而且蜘蛛喜欢织完网再把网吃掉。