英汉词典

magpie 基本解释

• n. 鹊，喜鹊；饶舌的人；有收集零碎东西癖好的人
• adj. 鹊的；有收集癖的；斑驳的，混杂的

magpie 词态变化

magpie 中文词源

mag,来自常见女性名Margaret昵称，通常用来指爱唠叨的女子，pie,鹊名，来自拉丁语picus,啄木鸟。需注意的是，这种鸟在欧洲中世纪时通常被视为不祥之兆。

magpie 英文词源

magpie

magpie: [17] The original name of the magpie was simply pie, which came via Old French from Latin pīca. This is thought to go back ultimately to Indo-European *spi- or *pi-, denoting ‘pointedness’, in reference to its beak (the Latin masculine form, pīcus, was applied to a ‘woodpecker’). Pie arrived in English as long ago as the 13th century, but not until the 16th century do we begin to find pet-forms of the name Margaret applied to it (one of the earliest was maggot-pie).

By the 17th century magpie had become the institutionalized form. Some etymologists consider that the term for the edible pie comes from the bird’s name, based on a comparison of the miscellaneous contents of pies with the board of assorted stolen treasures supposedly accumulated by the magpie.
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magpie (n.)

the common European bird, known for its chattering, c. 1600, earlier simply pie (early 13c.); first element from Mag, nickname for Margaret, long used in proverbial and slang English for qualities associated generally with women, especially in this case "idle chattering" (as in Magge tales "tall tales, nonsense," early 15c.; also compare French margot "magpie," from Margot, pet form of Marguerite).

Second element, pie, is the earlier name of the bird, from Old French pie, from Latin pica "magpie," fem. of picus "woodpecker," from PIE root *(s)peik- "woodpecker, magpie" (cognates: Umbrian peica "magpie," Sanskrit pikah "Indian cuckoo," Old Norse spætr, German Specht "woodpecker"); possibly from PIE root *pi-, denoting pointedness, of the beak, perhaps, but the magpie also has a long, pointed tail. The birds are proverbial for pilfering and hoarding, can be taught to speak, and have been regarded since the Middle Ages as ill omens.

Whan pyes chatter vpon a house it is a sygne of ryghte euyll tydynges. [1507]

Divination by number of magpies is attested from c. 1780 in Lincolnshire; the rhyme varies from place to place, the only consistency being that one is bad, two are good.

magpie 英文释义

1. long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call

2. someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

3. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

magpie 双语例句

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。

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2. Now and than a magpie would call.

不时有喜鹊的叫声.

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3. This young man is really a magpie.

这个年轻人真是饶舌.

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4. One old magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully.

一只老喜鹊非常小心地用羽毛裹紧自己的身体.

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5. There is a magpie on the tree.

树上有只喜鹊.

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magpie 实用场景例句

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

One old magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully.

一只老喜鹊非常小心地用羽毛裹紧自己的身体.

辞典例句

Not be the magpie that be over the sky, the crow that annoys however, speak crow.

谁在惊梦?不是满天的喜鹊, 而是愤怒的乌鸦, 讲真话的乌鸦.

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A magpie rests on the power line.

一只喜雀停在电线上.

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As the author points out, Hitler had a magpie mind.

如作者所指出, 希特勒的头脑十分混杂.

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Magpie, the implication is happy, always very popular.

喜鹊, 有喜庆的寓意, 历来很受欢迎.

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A magpie was screeching and I said: Magpiety?

尖叫的是喜鹊,我却说: 喜鹊啼?

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This is a magpie and that's a nightingale.

这是只喜鹊,那是一只夜莺.

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This young man is really a magpie.

这个年轻人真是饶舌.

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There was a loud noise from tree . Wharrk , shark . It came from a Big, fat magpie.

树上传来一阵呱呱声, 是一只肥大的喜鹊在叫.

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When I got to Crow Creek, Magpie was not home. I talked to his wife Amelia.

我到鸭溪时, 喜鹊没在家, 我和他的妻子阿米莉亚谈了谈.

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Otherwise, Yukio Hatoyama of magpie nests and tried, it is known the house will not tranquil.

否则, 鸠占鹊巢,李代桃僵, 那屋内必是鸡飞狗跳,不得安宁.

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Mother: Oh, yes. Good morning, Mr. Magpie.

妈妈: 噢, 真的! 早上好, 喜鹊先生.

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As the author points out, Hitler a magpie mind.

作者指出, 希特勒有收集癖.

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First Sound Magpie wish you best of luck to you Ming stop!

第一声鹊鸣给你愿你好运不停!

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Now and then a magpie would call.

不时会有喜鹊鸣叫.

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There is a magpie on the tree.

树上有只喜鹊.

辞典例句

The moon magpie, wind, not in packaging.

月亮的喜鹊, 风, 而不是在包装.

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Mother heard a magpie call from the roof and took it for a good omen.

妈妈听见喜鹊在房上叫,觉得是个吉兆.

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Superstitious people believe that the sight of magpie is a good omen.

迷信的说法认为看见喜鹊是祥瑞的征兆.

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New RSS newsfeed reader ( Magpie ) that is both more efficient and more powerful.

新的RSS读取组件,效率更高,功能更强大.

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For maybe 95 percent of all utterances, Google's electronic magpie is a fabulous tool.

对于可能的95话语, 谷歌的电子喜鹊是一个好工具百分之.

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The magpie is lucky bird therefore also by intention.

喜鹊因此也被人意为吉祥鸟.

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Jesse: Mum. Look. There's a magpie.

杰西: 妈妈, 看呀, 有一只喜鹊!

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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。

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