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

我们从线上公司订了6,500只。

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

这就是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年来我们一直在用制作衣服和纺织品。

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

例如提供、提供鲸脂鲸、提供。

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

不过这些也不能生产出蛛，它们仅能生产出更好。

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

很坚，但蛛更结实也更有弹性，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.

是所有天然来源，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非凡强度和柔性来制造人造。

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

幼虫这样变化时候，会把身体包在一个做球形壳子里面，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.

诺第留斯号船员一点不需要陆地上棉花、和，就可以穿起物美价廉衣服。

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——每个茧都是由一根长达1000米以上裹成。

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

第一个是绸，那是用做，非常昂贵，非常细，非常薄，通常有光泽，非常好材料。

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

蔷薇暴躁说着，扯着自己，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.

问题是素纱单衣纤度是11.2旦，这种线每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.

一只蜘蛛生产蛛量与一只生产量相比少可怜，而且蜘蛛喜欢织完网再把网吃掉。