英语词汇“parrot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	parrot
释义	Trends of parrot View usage for: parrot (pærət) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense parrots, present participle parroting, past tense, past participle parroted 1. countable noun A parrot is a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly-coloured or grey feathers. Parrots can be kept as pets. Some parrots are able to copy what people say. Synonyms: mimic, copycat [informal], imitator, (little) echo More Synonyms of parrot 2. verb If you disapprove of the fact that someone is just repeating what someone else has said, often without really understanding it, you can say that they are parroting it. [disapproval] Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations. [VERB noun] Synonyms: repeat, echo, imitate, copy More Synonyms of parrot 3. See as sick as a parrot parrot in British English (ˈpærət) noun 1. any bird of the tropical and subtropical order Psittaciformes, having a short hooked bill, compact body, bright plumage, and an ability to mimic sounds ▶ Related adjective: psittacine 2. a person who repeats or imitates the words or actions of another unintelligently 3. sick as a parrot verbWord forms: -rots, -roting or -roted 4. (transitive) to repeat or imitate mechanically without understanding Derived forms parrotry (ˈparrotry) noun Word origin C16: probably from French paroquet; see parakeet parrot in American English (ˈpærət) noun 1. any of an order (Psittaciformes) of tropical or subtropical birds with a hooked bill,brightly colored feathers, and feet having two toes pointing forward and two backward: some parrots can learn to imitate human speech 2. a person who mechanically repeats the words or acts of others, usually without full understanding verb transitive 3. to repeat or imitate, esp. without understanding Word origin Fr dial. perrot, prob. after Perrot, dim. of Pierre, Peter More idioms containing parrot learn something parrot fashion sick as a parrot Image of parrot © prapass, shutterstock Examples of 'parrot' in a sentence parrot Many can only parrot the party line. Times, Sunday Times (2016) African grey parrots - favoured as pets for their ability to mimic human speech - are also now endangered due to unsustainable trapping. The Sun (2016) We might as well have been voting for a dead parrot. The Sun (2008) African grey parrots are not just good mimics but actually understand some of what they are saying. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There are no catchphrases to chant, no silly walks and definitely no dead parrots. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Long story short, the parrot dropped down dead. Times, Sunday Times (2015) African grey parrots are native to the rainforests of western and central Africa. Times, Sunday Times (2014) So how to persuade the local people that the parrots have more value in their forests than as money in a few people's pockets? Times, Sunday Times (2012) But we're not just talking cats or dogs here - more like monkeys and parrots. The Sun (2014) That means the nails curve at the ends, like a parrot's beak. The Sun (2010) He bought me an African grey parrot called Jasper. Times, Sunday Times (2006) At that point my theological parallel was brushed aside by the realisation that this was straight out of the Monty Python dead parrot sketch. Times, Sunday Times (2009) A blue and yellow parrot, dead, no trace of a cage. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Word lists with parrot related adjectives, bird In other languages parrot British English: parrot /ˈpærət/ NOUN A parrot is a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly coloured or grey feathers. Parrots can be kept as pets. American English: parrot Arabic: بَغْبَغاءٌ Brazilian Portuguese: papagaio Chinese: 鹦鹉 Croatian: papiga Czech: papoušek Danish: papegøje Dutch: papegaai European Spanish: loro Finnish: papukaija French: perroquet German: Papagei Greek: παπαγάλος Italian: pappagallo Japanese: オウム Korean: 앵무새 Norwegian: papegøye Polish: papuga European Portuguese: papagaio Romanian: papagal Russian: попугай Latin American Spanish: loro Swedish: papegoja Thai: นกแก้ว Turkish: papağan Ukrainian: папуга Vietnamese: con vẹt British English: parrot VERB If you disapprove of the fact that someone is just repeating what someone else has said, often without really understanding it, you can say that they are parroting it. Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations. American English: parrot Brazilian Portuguese: papaguear Chinese: 鹦鹉学舌般地重复 European Spanish: repetir como un loro French: répéter comme un perroquet German: nachplappern Italian: ripetere a pappagallo Japanese: オウム返しに言う Korean: 앵무새처럼 되뇌다 European Portuguese: papaguear Latin American Spanish: repetir como un loro All related terms of 'parrot' parrot cry a remark , complaint , etc that is repeated or imitated mechanically without understanding parrot fever → psittacosis parrot phrase a remark , complaint , etc that is repeated or imitated mechanically without understanding parrot tulip a variety of the cultivated tulip Tulipa gesnerana , having variously colored , often double flowers with fringed petals parrot-fashion If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion , you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means. parrot toadstool any fungus of the basidiomycetous family Hygrophoraceae, having thick waxy gills . Many are brightly coloured , like the parrot toadstool ( Hygrophorus psittacinus ), which is yellow with a covering of green slime , and the orange-red H. conicus sick as a parrot very annoyed or disappointed about something polly a feminine name as sick as a parrot If you say that you feel as sick as a parrot , you feel very disappointed about something. learn something parrot fashion to learn something by repeating it many times, without really understanding what it means psittacoses a disease of parrots , caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci, that can be transmitted to humans, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia psittacosis a disease of parrots , caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci, that can be transmitted to humans, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia Chinese translation of 'parrot' parrot (ˈpærət) n (c) 鹦(鸚)鹉(鵡) (yīngwǔ) (只, zhī) (verb) in the sense of repeat Definition to repeat or imitate (someone else's words) without understanding them Many politicians simply parrot impressive-sounding phrases. Synonyms repeat He repeated that he had been misquoted. echo Many phrases in the last chapter echo earlier passages. imitate a precedent which may be imitated by other activists copy We all tend to copy people we admire. coquettish gestures which she had copied from actresses in soap operas reiterate (formal) He reiterated his opposition to the creation of a central bank. mimic She could mimic anybody, reducing her friends to helpless laughter. (noun) in the sense of mimic Definition a person who repeats or imitates someone else's words Synonyms mimic He's a very good mimic. copycat (informal) imitator a group of Elvis imitators (little) echo related words related adjective psittacine Additional synonyms in the sense of copy Definition to act or try to be like another We all tend to copy people we admire.coquettish gestures which she had copied from actresses in soap operas Synonyms imitate, act like, emulate, behave like, follow, repeat, mirror, echo, parrot, ape, mimic, simulate, follow suit, follow the example of in the sense of echo Definition (of people) to repeat or imitate (what someone else has said) Many phrases in the last chapter echo earlier passages. Synonyms recall, reflect, copy, mirror, resemble, reproduce, parrot, imitate, reiterate, ape in the sense of imitate Definition to copy the manner or style of, or take as a model a precedent which may be imitated by other activists Synonyms copy, follow, repeat, echo, emulate, ape, simulate, mirror, follow suit, duplicate, counterfeit, follow in the footsteps of, take a leaf out of (someone's) book Nearby words of parrot parodist parody paroxysm parrot parrot-fashion parry parsimonious Related terms of parrot parrot-fashion Synonyms of 'parrot' parrot Explore 'parrot' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of imitator a group of Elvis imitators Synonyms impersonator, mimic, impressionist, copycat, echo, follower, parrot (informal), copier, carbon copy (informal), aper, epigone (rare) in the sense of reiterate Definition to repeat again and again He reiterated his opposition to the creation of a central bank. Synonyms repeat, restate, say again, retell, do again, recapitulate, iterate
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