Some naughty boys nicknamed the old woman a niggard.

些淘气男孩给妇女取绰号为吝啬鬼。

Flowing around you, not brooding and nursing every niggard stone.

在你周围流动， 而不是沉思和护理吝啬鬼石头。

We can, in short, see why nature is prodigal in variety, though niggard in innovation.

简而言之，我们可以看到为什么大自然在多样性方面挥霍无度， 但在创新方面却吝啬。

The apple trees were in full bloom, and, as I stood gazing, the sun, which had all that day been niggard of its beams, burst forth gloriously.

苹果树盛开， 当我站在那里凝视时， 整天都被吝啬了光芒太阳， 灿烂地绽放了出来。

We meet with this admission in the writings of almost every experienced naturalist; or, as Milne Edwards has well expressed it, " Nature is prodigal in variety, but niggard in innovation" .

我们在几乎位有博物学家著作中都会看到这种承认；或者，正如米尔恩·爱德华兹 (Milne Edwards) 所表达那样， “大自然在多样性方面挥霍无度， 但在创新方面却吝啬” 。

" Rats and ruins. It is a niggard's gift that costs the giver nothing. Your own man Yarwyck says it will be half a year before the castle can be made fit for habitation" .

" 个老鼠聚居废墟，给得冠冕堂皇，实际毫无价值。你手下亚赛尔亲口承认，至少得要半年，那里才能辟出空间来住人。"