It is best to hang up the acorn by threads of cotton.

最好使用棉线来悬挂橡。

The careful work with thread called stitching is done on the ball.

会球上进行细致的棉线工作，称为缝合。

After this has been done, the fibres are spun or twisted into threads.

梳理完了之后, 再把棉纤维" 纺" 成棉线。

Now the fungus forms these complex networks underground of fine filaments thinner than even threads of cotton.

现真菌形成的这些复杂网络，它们的这些细丝比棉线还细。

It seemed to have been made of cotton fibers, and was covered with the softest bits of leaf and bark.

它看上去就像用棉线编织成的，上面覆盖着柔软的叶和树皮。

His hands and nails are colored blue from putting threads of cotton into a big container of coloring called dye.

他的手和指甲都染成了蓝色，因为他把棉线放进一个叫做染料的大容器里。

The first lamp that he made had a cotton thread for a filament, and it could burn for only forty-five hours.

他制造的第一盏一根细丝状的棉线，只能燃烧四十五小时。

By 1879, Thomas Edison had made a bulb with a cotton thread filament that lasted 14 hours.

到了 1879 年，托马斯·爱迪生用棉线丝制成了泡，其使用寿命为 14 小时。

If we pull a cotton thread or a piece of twine to pieces, we shall find that it also is made of fibres.

扯开一根棉线或者麻绳, 就会看到, 它们同样由纤维构成。

So here's how I suggest tying them: Using a ball of cotton twine, find a place in your kitchen to hang your string.

所以我建议这样绑它们：用一个棉线球，你的厨房找一个方挂你的绳。

If you are very careful, you can pull out little threads of cotton one by one. Soon you will pull all the calico into threads.

要你非常小心, 就能一根根抽出细细的棉线, 很快就能把整块棉布都变成细线了。

Long, fine fibers can wrap around one another better than shorter, less fine fibers, which means those long, fine fibers make stronger threads that hang together better as fabric.

细长且高品质的纤维相较于短且质量较次的纤维，能更好缠绕彼此。这表示那些细长且高品质的纤维能够制造出更坚韧的棉线，编织成更好的面料。

Then they pulled on their beautiful white stockings, that they had knit of fine cotton thread in lacy, openwork patterns, and they buttoned up their best shoes.

然后她们穿上漂亮的白色长袜，那用细棉线织成的花边镂空图案， 然后扣上最好的鞋。

Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, tying cotton threads soaked in holy water around the couples' wrists, and passing a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the union.

仪式包括剪发仪式，把水浸泡过的棉线缠绕新娘和新郎的手腕上，那些婚姻幸福又受人尊敬的夫妇围成一圈，将一个蜡烛依次传递，以祝福新婚夫妇。