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

就是丝纤维传奇力量和色彩，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年来我们一直在用丝制作衣服和纺织品。

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

我们从线上丝公司订了6,500只。

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.

问题是素纱单衣丝纤度是11.2旦，种丝线每9000米也只有1克重。

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，非常昂贵，非常细，非常薄，通常有光泽，非常好材料。

So the Nautilus's crew could dress themselves at little cost, without needing a thing from cotton growers, sheep, or silkworms on shore.

诺第留斯号船员一点不需要陆地上棉花、羊和丝，就可以穿起物美价廉衣服。

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

幼虫样变化时候，会把身体包在一个丝做球形壳子里面，壳子叫“茧”。

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丝。

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丝——每个茧都是由一根长达1000米以上丝裹成。

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

丝很坚韧，但蛛丝更结实也更有弹性，理论上应用范围也应该更广。

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

例如供丝、供鲸脂鲸、供羊羊。

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.

一只蜘蛛生产蛛丝量与一只生产丝量相比少可怜，而且蜘蛛喜欢织完网再把网吃掉。

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

是所有天然丝来源，依靠桑葚作为饮食。

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

很奇怪，因为构成丝蛋白质本身。

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

自从换用Blissy丝枕套后，我们肌肤和头发从未如此愉悦。

He lamented " the fatal mistake the world had been so long in, of using silkworms, while we had such plenty of domestic insects who infinitely excelled the former, because they understood how to weave, as well as spin" .

他感叹道：“世界长期以来犯了一个致命错误，使用丝，而我们有么多优秀家养昆虫，它们在编织和纺纱方面远超。”

A sheet of particles like the proteins that make up silk is a more sophisticated kind of network because the particles are connected on all sides, but its connections are still two-dimensional so it's only stronger in those directions.

像构成丝蛋白质样粒子薄是一种更复杂网络固体，因为些粒子四面相连，但其连接仍然是二维， 所以它只在那些方向上更强。

And given the sheer number of designers, silk extractors, weavers, tailors, and more required to produce the one brocaded robe, it's no wonder it's the sole example of its kind in the world.

考虑到制作一件锦缎长袍所需设计师、丝取工、织工、裁缝等众多人员庞大数量，它成为世界上独一无二珍品也就不足为奇了。

Finally, inspired by remarkable biological materials such as silk, abalone shell, tooth and others, we're designing new protein-based materials to address challenges in energy and ecological issues.

最后， 受到诸如丝、鲍鱼壳、牙齿等卓越生物材料启发，我们正在设计新基于蛋白质材料来解决能源和生态问题中挑战。

Which wig, it is to be presumed, was made of hair, but which looked far more as though it were spun from filaments of silk or glass.

可以推测， 顶假发是用真头发做，但看上去更像是用丝或玻璃丝纺成。