It might have been the trees he was addressing on the quaint customs of crystals . 他似乎是对树木作关于晶体的奇妙习性的发言。
Habit is hereditary with plants, as in the period of flowering, in the time of sleep . 植物习性是遗传的，例如开花的时期，休眠的时间。
Cats and dogs have quite different natures -- dogs like company , cats are independent . 猫和狗的习性迥异狗喜欢有伴，猫爱独来独往。
Being little accustomed to the practices of the savages you mistook the place of real danger . 你不太懂得这些野人的习性，所以你弄错真正有危险的地方了。
Friendship! no, that is an affection of earth, of vulgar habits and sordid sympathies . 友谊，不，那不过是凡人的感情，不过反映了庸俗的习性和下贱的共鸣。
The greater the failures became, the more obstinately his incurable amateurishness came to the fore . 失败越大，他那种不可救药的“行家”习性就越顽固地显示出来。
I may give another instance of a structure which apparently owes its origin exclusively to use or habit . 我可以再举一例来表明，一种构造，显然是完全由于使用或习性的影响而起。
The members of the same class, independently of their habits of life, resemble each other in the general plan of their organization . 同纲内的生物不管其生活习性如何，在结构的一般形式上是彼此相类似的。
In the case of the waterouzel, the acutest observer by examining its dead body would never have suspected its sub-aquatic habits . 再看河鸟的情形，便是最精明的观察者，看了此鸟的死标本，也难推想它具有半水栖的习性。
