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

• That makes it easier for the buzzing females to duck away from oncoming predators like magpies;
  这样使吱吱叫的雌性较为容易逃脱即将到来的、喜鹊之类的掠食者；
• 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。
• Two magpies raises the flowers jump to the more lively celebrations.
  两只喜鹊灵巧地在花丛中跳跃着，更显喜庆生动。
• 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。
• Black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies.
  与喜鹊相似的黑白色鸣鸟。
• 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。
• 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。
• And each time I think of what I did when I was a child – climbing up trees with my little pals to destroy the nests of magpies and crows, catching young sparrows under eaves, I feel ashamed.
  想起儿时，和小伙伴爬树破坏喜鹊和乌鸦的窝、登梯子到屋檐掏麻雀窝的行为，不禁感到惭愧。
• The magpies were chattering in the trees.
  喜鹊在森林里啁啾乱叫。
• 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。