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

我们蚕丝公司订了6,500只蚕。

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

这就是蚕丝纤维的传奇力量和色彩，此变得炙手可热。

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

不过这些蚕也不能生产出蛛丝，它们仅能生产出好的蚕丝。

We've been using silkworm silk to make clothing and textiles for around 5, 000 years.

5000年来我们直用蚕丝制作衣服和纺织品。

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

蚕丝很坚韧，但蛛丝结实也有弹性，理论应用范围也应该广。

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

例如提供蚕丝的蚕、提供鲸脂的鲸、提供羊毛的羊。

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

蚕是所有天然蚕丝的来源，依靠桑葚作为饮食。

These findings may help bioengineers harness silk's remarkable strength and flexibility to make artificial silk.

这些发现可能有助于生物工程师利用蚕丝非凡的强度和柔韧性来制造人造丝。

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

蚕的幼虫这样变化的时候，会把身体个蚕丝做的球形壳子里面，这壳子叫“蚕茧”。

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

诺第留斯号的船员点不需要陆地的棉花、羊毛和蚕丝，就可以穿起物美价廉的衣服。

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

第个是丝绸，那是用蚕丝做的，非常昂贵，非常细，非常薄，通常有光泽，非常好的材料。

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蚕丝——每个蚕茧都是由根长达1000米以的蚕丝裹成的。

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，扯着自己的蚕丝，说着说着，悔意似乎变成了愤怒。

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.

问题是素纱单衣的蚕丝纤度是11.2旦，这种丝每9000米也只有1克重。

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.

只蜘蛛生产的蛛丝量与只蚕生产的蚕丝量相比少的可怜，而且蜘蛛喜欢织完网再把网吃掉。