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 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。
• 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。
• The magpie is the most charming bird in all the worid.
  喜鹊是世界上最迷人的鸟了。
• Also known as a paradise magpie, Princess Stephanie's birds of paradise wear striking black feathers.
  鸟类的天堂图片集。大家也知道一种天堂鹊，公主斯蒂芬妮的天堂鸟披上显著黑色的羽毛。
• And that design of@ a magpie on a plum tree branch@ stands for luck and happiness.
  那幅喜鹊登梅象征着运气和幸福。
• It was my first time to see a juvenile Koel in a Common Magpie Nest.
  虽然知道噪鹃会利用喜鹊做其代母，但我也是第一次亲眼见到噪鹃幼鸟出现于喜鹊巢。
• We do not see Yuelao the red line, nor is there to serve us magpie bridge.
  我们不会看见月老的红线，也不会有喜鹊来为我们搭桥。
• This is then followed in the first person with a response from the magpie.
  这本书是以鹊为第一人称写作。
• 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 and Cui son which is insolating clothes in the yard got a fright.
  正在院子里晒衣服的喜鹊和翠儿吓了一跳。