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

• Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so every year thousands of magpies built a bridge for them to meet.
  他们忠贞的爱情感动了天上的喜鹊，每年的七月七日，数以千计的喜鹊架成一座鹊桥让牛郎织女相见。
• It's an auspicious sign for Chinese people to see the Magpies.
  对于中国人来说，看到喜鹊是吉兆。
• Edmilson is a class Brazilian center-back who is likely to captain Brazil in the next world cup – and would be a good player for the Magpies to have in their squad.
  埃德米尔森是巴西中后卫，有可能成为下一届世界杯的巴西队长，如果喜鹊能得到他，对阵容将是很好的完善。
• Patterns of animals include the dragon, the phoenix, cranes and magpies because they are all auspicious animals that represent nobility, fortune, longevity and luck.
  动物图案有龙、凤、鹤、鹊，都是吉祥之物，象征高贵、财富、长寿、好运。
• The northern wind is again whizzing at me, the magpies in their nest are not coming out anymore, I tighten my scarf, and then continue walking on forward.
  北风又在向我呼啸了，鸟巢里的喜鹊没有再出来，我紧了紧围巾，继续向前走。
• 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。
• In addition to humans and some primates, dolphins, elephants, magpies and a famous African grey parrot named Alex have all been known to retrieve objects or remove marks on their body using a mirror.
  除了人类和一些灵长类动物，海豚，年夜象，喜鹊和一只叫Alex的驰誉的非洲灰鹦鹉也都能够经由过程使用镜子找到方针物可能撤除它们身上的暗号。
• 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。
• 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。
• The magpies were chattering in the trees.
  喜鹊在森林里啁啾乱叫。