They still keep some quaint old customs.

他们仍然保留着一些稀奇旧风俗。

The man is a repository of out-of-the-way knowledge.

这人有满腹稀奇知识。

This is an odd collection of people.

这是一群稀奇人。

When we had finished our sweetmeats or fruit she would accompany us to the stoep, bidding us thank our mother for her gift and sending quaint, old-fashioned messages to her and the Father. Then she would turn and enter the house, closing the door behind, so that it became once more a place of mystery.

待我们吃完糖果或水果，她总要将我们送到屋门廊，叮嘱我们要多谢亲给她送食品，要我们亲转达一些稀奇老式祝愿，然后就转身回到屋里，随手关上门，使那里再次成为神秘世界。