magpies是什么意思？

magpies

英['mægpɚɪz] 美['mægpɚɪz]

• n. 喜鹊（magpie的复数形式）；

例句

• The Magpies have never won the League Cup. 喜鹊从未拿过联赛杯.
• The magpies call day long. 喜鹊整天在喳喳叫.
• They set forth chattering like magpies. 他们叽叽喳喳地出发了.
• Herons Ardeidae, sparrows ( Passerinae ) and common magpies ( Corvidae ) are suggested as useful bioindicators of environmental pollution. 建议选择野生鹭类 、 麻雀和喜鹊等鸟类作为指示生物监测环境中的重金属污染.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  喜鹊;鹊
  A magpie is 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 a magpie, you mean that they like collecting and keeping things, often things that have little value.
  例句
  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。