magpie

magpie
noun

a long-tailed crow with boldly marked (or green) plumage and a raucous voice
喜鹊
Family Corvidae: five genera and several species, in particular the black-and-white black-billed magpie (Pica pica) of Eurasia and North America
鸦科： 5属，数种，尤指欧亚大陆和北美洲黑白花斑的（黑喙）喜鹊（拉丁名Pica pica）
(亦作 bell magpie)(chiefly Austral)any bird of the Australasian butcher-bird family, having black-and-white plumage and musical calls
(主澳)钟鹊
Family Cracticidae: several species, in particular the Australian or black-backed magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
钟鹊科：数种，尤指澳洲钟鹊或黑背钟鹊（拉丁名Gymnorhina tibicen）
used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person who collects things, especially things of little use or value, or a person who chatters idly
胡乱收集的人，收集无用（或无价值）东西的人；饶舌者
the division of a circular target next to the outer one; a shot which strikes this
（圆形靶上由外向内数的）第二环；命中第二环的一枪

语源

late 16th cent.: probably shortening of dialect maggot the pie, maggoty-pie, from Magot (Middle English pet form of the given name Marguerite) + pie

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