| 单词 | magpie |
| 释义 | magpie (once / 2924 pages) 1n 2n 3n A magpie is a loud-voiced black and white bird. If someone calls you a magpie, you should probably quiet down. The magpie is a distinctive looking bird, with glossy black and brilliant white markings. Its sound is nearly as striking, famously noisy and almost jarring. This has led to another meaning of magpie, "someone who talks obnoxiously." You might describe your chatterbox neighbor as a magpie — and the word itself comes from the nickname Mag, short for Margaret and commonly used in slang English to mean "idle chattering." WORD FAMILYmagpie: magpies USAGE EXAMPLESAnd when he’s not doing that, he’s spending time in his book-lined study, Darwin screeching at the magpies outside the window. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) And the enthusiastic response continued for “Devils Haircut” and “Where It’s At,” key tracks from his magpie’s masterpiece, “Odelay.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 12, 2016) Along the way we encountered cob and hen swans, flushes of mallards and parliaments of magpies. Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) 1 n long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call 2Hypo|Hyper European magpie, Pica pica a common magpie of Eurasia American magpie, Pica pica hudsoniaa magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America corvine bird birds of the crow family n an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker 3Syn|Hyper babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, prater, spouter speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) n someone who collects things that have been discarded by others Syn|Hyper pack rat, scavenger hoarder a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use |
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