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

我们从线上丝公司订了6,500只。

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

这就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年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。

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

过这些也能生产出蛛丝，它们仅能生产出更好的丝。

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

丝很坚，但蛛丝更结实也更有弹性，理论上应用范围也应该更广。

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

所有天然丝的来源，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丝非凡的强度和柔性来制造人造丝。

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

的幼虫这样变化的时候，会把身体包在一个丝做的球形壳子里面，这壳子叫“茧”。

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

诺第留斯号的船员一点需要陆地上的棉花、羊毛和丝，就可以穿起物美价廉的衣服。

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——每个茧都由一根长达1000米以上的丝裹成的。

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

第一个丝绸，那用丝做的，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。

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.

问题素纱单衣的丝纤度11.2旦，这种丝线每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.

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。