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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Three yellow-billed blue magpies throw themselves into the air with startled chortles, fluttering their absurdly long tail feathers.
  三只黄嘴蓝鹃惊叫着飞到空中，拍打着它们奇长的尾羽。
• 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；
• 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。
• And it would add another footnote to the legacy of the family Corvidae, which includes crows, ravens, jays and magpies.
  而且，这将给鸦科鸟类（包括乌鸦、渡鸦、松鸦和喜鹊）原有的知识添加了新内容。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, all the magpies in the world, deeply touched by the story, came to their rescue.
  牛郎织女的故事感动了人间的喜鹊，于是所有的喜鹊都赶来帮助这对夫妇。