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

• 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。
• Then there were the magpies and the kookaburras.
  还有喜鹊和笑翠鸟。
• 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。
• 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。
• The next day, it is seen that many magpies are bald; this is because Niulang and Zhinu walked and stood too long on the heads of their loyal feathered friends.
  第二天，能看到很多喜鹊毛都掉光了，因为牛郎和织女在他们忠诚的羽翼朋友头上行走了很久。
• 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。
• Kevin Nolan is a key figure in the Newcastle midfield and led the Magpies back to the Barclays Premier League as captain last season.
  诺兰是纽卡中场的关键人物，他上赛季做为队长将喜鹊带回了英超联赛。
• Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens with their wings.
  老人们会告诉小孩子，那天夜里他们看不到一只喜鹊，因为喜鹊都飞上天，用他们的翅膀去为牛郎织女搭桥了。
• 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。
• 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。