The fact is that taxonomy by and large is still quaintly wedded to paper.

实际情况是。总的来说，分类学仍按老一套停留在纸上。

The great message of unity and freedom would soon be quaintly out of date.

统一与自由的这个重要讯息很快就过时了。

The man looked quaintly wistful, the temptation of an audience hot upon him; a door shut upstairs, and he fell.

这个男人看起来古怪地渴望，听众的诱惑在他身上燃烧。楼上的一扇门关上了，他摔倒了。

The robotaxi arrives at the tap of an app, with your initials quaintly lit up on the laser cone on the roof.

只需点击一个应用程序， 机器人出租车就会到达，车顶的激光锥上会奇特地亮起你名字的首字母。

You entered the room with a look and air at once shy and independent: you were quaintly dressed—much as you are now.

你走进房间时的表情和神情既害羞又独立：你穿着古雅——就像你现在一样。

It's okay if people know your business." " Granny does know my business, as you so quaintly call it." " Then why can't you tell me?

如果人们知道你的事也没关系。 ” “外婆确实知道我的事，正如你如此古怪地称呼它。 ” “那你为什么不能告诉我？

Though he preserved the amiable serenity which made him always so attractive, he had there a diverting brusqueness of demeanour which contrasted quaintly with his usual calm.

尽管他保持着使他总是如此迷人的和蔼可亲的平静， 但他有一种令人着迷的粗鲁举止， 与他平时的平静形成了古怪的对比。

I saw the bed before I saw him; it dominated the room with its mahogany wood, its quaintly flowered quilt and pillows weirdly out of place in that setting.

在见到他之前我先看到了床；它以桃花心木、奇异的花朵被子和枕头占据了整个房间， 在那种环境下显得格格不入。

He was so quaintly humorous that I was forced to laugh; and we went together to the drawing-room, where the coffee-cups and tray remained undisturbed as we had left them.

他非常幽默，我忍不住笑了起来。我们一起去了客厅，咖啡杯和托盘原封不动地放在客厅里。

The upper lip was inordinately full, as though swollen by a blow or a toothache; and the smile, the peaked eyebrows, and the small, strong eyes were quaintly and almost comically evil in expression.

上唇异常丰满，好像被打击或牙痛肿胀一样。微笑，尖尖的眉毛，小而有力的眼睛，都是古怪的，几乎是滑稽的邪恶表情。