magpie
magpie 英 [ˈmægpaɪ] 美 [ˈmæɡˌpaɪ]
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
名词复数:magpies
- A magpie is a loud-voiced black and white bird. If someone calls you a magpie, you should probably quiet down.
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- 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
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1. But magpie would not go to California.
不过喜鹊不会去加利福尼亚的。
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2. Park your car at the service station just around the block from there and walk to the back entrance of the house and then you can talk to magpie about all this.
把车停在加油站那儿，只要从那儿绕过那条街走到房子的后门进去，你就可以跟喜鹊谈所有这一切了。
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3. magpie shouldn’t have been there, see, because it’s a part of the condition of his parole that he stays away from friends and relatives and ex-convicts and just about everybody.
还有些问题，”埃尔吉说，“喜鹊本不应该在那儿，你知道，因为这是他的假释条件的一部分，那就是他要离开朋友、亲戚和以前的囚犯，差不多是所有的人。
- 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).
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