This is in contrast to combed fabrics which are tightly woven together and discard the short staple fibers.

这与紧密编织在一起并丢弃短纤维的精梳织物形成对比。

If you get a computer to design the DNA, so that it matches up in all the right places, all you have to do is mix the long strand and the short staples together, and the shape folds itself.

如果你让一台电脑来设计 DNA，让它在所有正确的位置匹配， 你所要做的就是将长链和短链混合在一起， 形状就会自行折叠。