| 单词 | in parrot fashion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin parrot fashion The manner or style of a parrot; esp. a mechanical or repetitive manner; a manner indicative of rote learning. Chiefly in in parrot fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [noun] > manner indicating parrot-fashion1826 1826 Literary & Evangelical Mag. Mar. 136 What is learned is learned in parrot fashion. It is recited mechanically. 1869 Appleton's Jrnl. 23 Oct. 308 To listen well..is difficult with those who pretend to converse, but only express in the parrot-fashion. 1892 W. J. Linton Heliconundrums 23 Why, my last new Sunday bonnet Has not finer feathers on it..Better than a bird e'er wore: French, surpassing parrot fashion. 1904 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 10 305 Children are sometimes described as able to read fluently when they can repeat in parrot fashion a few lines of the first reader. 1935 G. Gorer Africa Dances (1962) ii. iv. 99 They are taught a sort of French in parrot fashion. 1996 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 9 Oct. 32 Neal was pictured repeating in parrot fashion every comment uttered by Taylor. < as lemmas |
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