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

他制造的第一盏灯中是一根细丝状的棉线，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·爱迪生用棉线灯丝制成了灯泡，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。

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，那是用细棉线织成的花边镂空图案， 然后扣上最好的鞋子。

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，把在水中浸泡过的棉线缠绕在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。