magpie

英 [ˈmæɡpaɪ]

美 [ˈmæɡpaɪ]

n.  鹊; 喜鹊

复数：magpies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15963 / COCA.26656

牛津词典

noun

• 鹊；喜鹊
  a black and white bird with a long tail and a noisy cry. There is a popular belief that magpies like to steal small bright objects.

柯林斯词典

• 喜鹊;鹊
  Amagpieis a large black and white bird with a long tail.
• N-COUNT 爱收集（无价值物品）的人;爱收藏（破烂）的人
  If you describe someone as amagpie, you mean that they like collecting and keeping things, often things that have little value.
  1. A born magpie, Mandy collects any object that catches her eye.
     曼迪天生喜欢收集小玩意，只要是她看上的都会收藏起来。

英英释义

noun

• long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
• an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
  Synonym:chattererbabblerpraterchatterboxspouter
• someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
  Synonym:scavengerpack rat

双语例句

• A fact box appears at the bottom of each page explaining this behaviour or attribute of the magpie.
  一个事实箱子出现在每页的底部，解释鹊得这个行为或表徵。
• Magpie, the implication is happy, always very popular.
  喜鹊，有喜庆的寓意，历来很受欢迎。
• Superstitious people believe that the sight of magpie is a good omen.
  迷信的说法认为看见喜鹊是祥瑞的征兆。
• Magpie, you see, so many people.
  喜鹊，你看，这么多人啊。
• Giraffe's neck is really long, extended magpie's family continuously.
  长颈鹿的脖子真长啊，一直伸到了喜鹊的家。
• Magpie, the mother said hi, this is a bird is off;
  喜鹊来，妈妈说这是喜鸟是客；
• One old Magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully.
  一只老喜鹊非常小心地用羽毛裹紧自己的身体。
• A machine was installed in this magpie which, when started, could fly high like a real bird.
  这只木制的喜鹊，安装着机关。只要一开动它，就能像真的鸟一样展翅高飞。
• No longer take off their hats to the magpie and wish it good-morning.
  也不再对喜鹊脱帽行礼，祝它早安了。
• She had lived in the flat for thirty years and was a veritable magpie at hoarding;
  老妇人在这套公寓里住了30年，她又是个名副其实的收藏家。