magpie

noun · verbA2

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

magpies

1.
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
Đồng nghĩa: haggister, maggie, Eurasian magpie, European magpie, common magpie, pica, pie, piet
2.
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
4.
(slang)A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
5.
(UK)(UK, firearms) In the sport of fullbore target rifle, the third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
6.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A halfpenny.
7.
(attributive)(attributively) A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

magpies

V_ing/Gerund

magpieing

V_ed/pp

magpied

1.
(transitive)To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
Đồng nghĩa: mottle
2.
(ambitransitive)To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
3.
(intransitive)To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.
Đồng nghĩa: chatter, gossip

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

haggistermaggieEurasian magpieEuropean magpiecommon magpiepica pie piet mottle chatter gossip

Cùng gốc / liên quan

Australian magpiebell-magpieMagpie Festivalmagpie goosemagpieishmagpie-jaymagpie-larkmagpielikemagpie mothmagpie-robinmagpie shrikemagpie tanagerMurray magpieazure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus species)bell-magpie (Strepera genus spp.)black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia species)black magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus species)blue magpie (Urocissa genus spp.)<!Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea species)red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha species)

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, + archaic pie (magpie), from Middle English pie, pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (woodpecker, magpie). Displaced native agu and aguster, whence haggister.