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

• In my early visits to rural parts of Sichuan, and other parts of China, I was struck by the near absence of wild birds ( other than a few species like sparrows and magpies) and animal life.
  以前我去四川郊区或是中国其他地方访问的时候，总是很难看到野生的鸟类（除了一些麻雀和蝙蝠之外）以及野生的动物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。