magpie
/ˈmægpaɪ/noun
1
- a long-tailed crow with boldly marked (or green) plumage and a raucous voice喜鹊。
1.1
- 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）。
2
- （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。
2.1
- 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）。
3
- 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。
4
- 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。
词源
late 16th cent.: probably shortening of dialect maggot the pie, maggoty-pie, from Magot （Middle English pet form of the given name Marguerite） + PIE2.