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.- 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。
- A born magpie, Mandy collects any object that catches her eye.
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; - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。