magpies

英 [ˈmægpaɪz]

美 [ˈmægˌpaɪz]

n.  鹊; 喜鹊
magpie的复数

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。

双语例句

• Black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies.
  与喜鹊相似的黑白色鸣鸟。
• The one thing to prove that is the feathers on the head of the magpies are much lesser after the Chinese Valentine's Day.
  可以证明这一点的就是在中国情人节之后喜鹊们头上的毛少了很多。
• It came just weeks after his return to action for the Magpies following his recovery from a fractured metatarsal.
  他不过是他再次为喜鹊比赛后的几个星期，而他刚在一次跖骨折断的伤患中康复不久。
• The furore over Chris Hughton's sacking was forgotten as goals from Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton and Andy Carroll gave the Magpies a famous victory.
  公众不再提起胡顿被解雇的事了，因为诺兰，巴顿，卡罗尔的进球使得喜鹊获得了一场辉煌的胜利。
• They sat all in a row, like magpies on a fence.
  三个人坐成一排，象是停在栅栏上的鹊儿。
• It is well known that very few magpies are seen on the Double-Seventh Day.
  大家都知道几乎没有喜鹊会在七夕这一天出现。
• The magpies and Pompey have also been linked to the classy Iceland hitman, and all three clubs would have no problem finding the reported& pound; 8 million transfer fee needed to recruit the28-year-old.
  纽卡斯尔和朴次茅斯同样和这位优秀的冰岛前锋联系到了一起，而800万英镑的转会费无疑对三家俱乐部都不是太大的问题。
• Then there were the magpies and the kookaburras. Pop asked Nan to buy meat and other special foods just for them. Since Pop died, Nan has continued the tradition.
  还有喜鹊和笑翠鸟。爷爷奶奶为它们买来肉和其它特殊的食物。爷爷去世后，奶奶继续着这种嗜好。
• Besides, we can take some pied magpies home for BBQ.
  此外，我们还可以打一些喜鹊回家用来烧烤。
• They said that it's hard to find a magpie on Chinese Valentine's Day in China, because all magpies fly to make the bridge for the Weaving Maid and Cowherd.
  他们说在中国的七夕情人节很难找的一只喜鹊，因为所有的喜鹊都飞去为牛郎和织女做桥了。