magpie

Related topics: Birds

mag·pie /ˈmæɡpaɪ/ noun [countableC]

1. HBBa bird with black and white feathers and a long tail 喜鹊

2. informalCOLLECT someone who likes collecting things 爱收集东西的人

Examples from the Corpus

magpie• One of these birds is depicted as a magpie.• There were blackbirds and thrushes and skylarks and ravens and starlings and jays and magpies and many kinds of small finches.• As they reached the edge of the clearing Philip saw the dead magpie.• He and his silly birds would have to go eventually, of course, because he made the magpies nervous.• As a result, the magpie population dropped dramatically: in one village, from 259 birds to just 77.• As she stepped out into the moonlight, two magpies landed on the thatch.

Origin magpie

(1500-1600) Mag female name (from Margaret) + pie “magpie” ((13-20 centuries)) (from Old French, from Latin pica)

词汇	magpie
释义	magpie Related topics: Birds mag·pie /ˈmæɡpaɪ/ noun [countableC] 1. HBBa bird with black and white feathers and a long tail 喜鹊 2. informalCOLLECT someone who likes collecting things 爱收集东西的人 Examples from the Corpus magpie• One of these birds is depicted as a magpie.• There were blackbirds and thrushes and skylarks and ravens and starlings and jays and magpies and many kinds of small finches.• As they reached the edge of the clearing Philip saw the dead magpie.• He and his silly birds would have to go eventually, of course, because he made the magpies nervous.• As a result, the magpie population dropped dramatically: in one village, from 259 birds to just 77.• As she stepped out into the moonlight, two magpies landed on the thatch. Origin magpie (1500-1600) Mag female name (from Margaret) + pie “magpie” ((13-20 centuries)) (from Old French, from Latin pica)
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