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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 magpies were chattering in the trees.
  喜鹊在森林里啁啾乱叫。
• Then there were the magpies and the kookaburras.
  还有喜鹊和笑翠鸟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。