Definition of parrot-fashion in English:

parrot-fashion

adverb

British

Without thought or understanding; mechanically.
she repeated the phrase parrot-fashion
Example sentencesExamples
- The tales described how they could be heard ‘murmuring’ to one another, and how, parrot-fashion, they repeated back words spoken to them.
- The lyrics, which were daft enough in the first place, have been learned parrot-fashion, and thereby have been rendered even sillier than they were originally.
- This line she repeats parrot-fashion, even when she suddenly realises that the customer who has just picked up an order is her long lost father.
- Their speeches can be stupefyingly boring, as if they are reciting parrot-fashion from books, and full of cliches.
- What social interaction he has, as when he manages to pawn a stolen bicycle, is almost a matter of repeating parrot-fashion a language and references he hardly understands.
- Public debates broadcast by TV stations in the beginning attracted attention, but most of the candidates simply repeated their regular answers, parrot-fashion.
- I am not anti-American - the easy glib retort by that is repeated parrot-fashion whenever one raises these issues - no, I love America, and I hate to see what this wretched war is doing to its people.
- Officials repeated parrot-fashion to us that it wasn't possible to predict but we couldn't believe they were saying it.
- I thought, I'm never going to remember all this, and I don't want to be sitting there reading out from my notes, parrot-fashion.
- His delivery was pretty much parrot-fashion, rather in the nature of replacement window salesmen.
- He just read, parrot-fashion, a speech that some official somewhere had written for him, and that, to me, is sad.
- Most of us learn their interpretation early in our studies, remembering parrot-fashion a regime of house meanings that we commit to memory and integrate into practice. We learn that the 2nd house represents wealth and finances - why?
Synonyms
mechanically, by rote, mindlessly, without thinking, unthinkingly, automatically

单词	parrot-fashion
释义	Definition of parrot-fashion in English: parrot-fashion adverb British Without thought or understanding; mechanically. she repeated the phrase parrot-fashion Example sentencesExamples The tales described how they could be heard ‘murmuring’ to one another, and how, parrot-fashion, they repeated back words spoken to them. The lyrics, which were daft enough in the first place, have been learned parrot-fashion, and thereby have been rendered even sillier than they were originally. This line she repeats parrot-fashion, even when she suddenly realises that the customer who has just picked up an order is her long lost father. Their speeches can be stupefyingly boring, as if they are reciting parrot-fashion from books, and full of cliches. What social interaction he has, as when he manages to pawn a stolen bicycle, is almost a matter of repeating parrot-fashion a language and references he hardly understands. Public debates broadcast by TV stations in the beginning attracted attention, but most of the candidates simply repeated their regular answers, parrot-fashion. I am not anti-American - the easy glib retort by that is repeated parrot-fashion whenever one raises these issues - no, I love America, and I hate to see what this wretched war is doing to its people. Officials repeated parrot-fashion to us that it wasn't possible to predict but we couldn't believe they were saying it. I thought, I'm never going to remember all this, and I don't want to be sitting there reading out from my notes, parrot-fashion. His delivery was pretty much parrot-fashion, rather in the nature of replacement window salesmen. He just read, parrot-fashion, a speech that some official somewhere had written for him, and that, to me, is sad. Most of us learn their interpretation early in our studies, remembering parrot-fashion a regime of house meanings that we commit to memory and integrate into practice. We learn that the 2nd house represents wealth and finances - why? Synonyms mechanically, by rote, mindlessly, without thinking, unthinkingly, automatically
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