magpie

C2 FREQ #26188 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 鹊, 珍种家鸽, 饶舌的人 a. 鹊的, 有收集癖的

发音

AU /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/

词形变化

magpies 复数 magpies magpied magpieing magpies 三单 magpieing 现在分词 magpied 过去式 magpied 过去分词

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.

    喜鹊

  2. 2.

    A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.

    黑背钟鹊

  3. 3.

    Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.

    俚语
  5. 5.

    In the sport of fullbore target rifle, The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.

    英国 工程 政治 军事
  6. 6.

    A halfpenny.

    英国 废旧 俚语
  7. 7.

    A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.

    定语
v.
  1. 1.

    To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.

    及物/不及物
  3. 3.

    To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

scavenger chatterbox babbler chatterer packrat prater spouter

上位词 6

speaker talker hoarder utterer verbaliser verbalizer

下位词 1

European magpie

相关短语

magpie tanager magpie goose magpie geese magpie tanagers magpie moth magpie moths magpie shrike magpie shrikes Magpie Festival magpie inkcap magpie-goose 鹊鹅 Australian magpie [网络] 黑背钟鹊；澳洲鹊；澳大利亚的喜鹊 black-billed magpie Eurasian magpie 喜鹊 European magpie [网络] 欧洲鹊

词源

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, + archaic pie (“magpie”), from Middle English pie, pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker, magpie”). Displaced native Old English agu (“magpie”) and Middle English aguster (“magpie”), whence English haggister.

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