| 单词 | magpie |
| 释义 | magpie /mag"puy'/, n. 1. either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie), of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie), of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits. 2. any of several related corvine birds. 3. any of several black-and-white birds not related to the true magpies, as Gymnorhina tibicen, of Australia. 4. an incessantly talkative person; noisy chatterer; chatterbox. 5. a person who collects or hoards things, esp. indiscriminately. 6. Western U.S. a black-and-white cow or steer, as a Holstein. [1595-1605; Mag Margaret + PIE2] |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。