释义 |
ˈparrotize, v. rare. [f. parrot n. + -ize.] intr. To act or speak like a parrot, to repeat parrot-like, to parrot.
1647Ward Simp. Cobler 24 That Language be adapted to the Theme, He that to Parrots speaks, must parrotise. 1789A. Grant Lett. fr. Mount. (1813) II. xxxi. 156 You will hear many people..parrotizing about enthusiasm, when they mean bigotry or fanaticism. |