magpie
noun /ˈmæɡpaɪ/
/ˈmæɡpaɪ/
- a black and white bird with a long tail and a noisy call. There is a popular belief that magpies like to steal small bright objects.
鹊；喜鹊 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) + pie, used in the naming of birds.