Three days went past, and I was surprised to see it again: all the openings were sewed up by thin and white thread and they looked like the ice crystal on winter's branches in the north.

三天过去了，我惊讶地再次看到：所有的开口都是用细细的白线缝起来的，看上去就像北方冬天树枝上的冰晶。

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Two ends of the rod were tied with a white thread and fixed on the skin near nose with plastic tape.

用白线结扎硅胶条二端后以胶布固定在鼻旁皮肤上。

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A man placed a spool of white thread in an inside suit coat pocket and threaded it through his coat lapel to make it look like lint.

一位男士将一卷细线放入上衣口袋内，然后将线穿过上衣翻领，看起来像根线头。

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Their milk looks and tastes like the real thing, but once its proteins are filtered and purified into a fine white powder, they can be spun into tough thread.

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