parrot

英['p?r?t] 美['p?r?t]

反義詞

復(fù)數(shù):?parrots;第三人稱單數(shù):?parrots;過去式:?parroted;過去分詞:?parroted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?parroting;

parrot 鸚鵡，鸚鵡學(xué)舌

詞源不詳，可能來自法語方言Pierre,人名Peter的法語形式。比較parakeet,petrel.由于該鳥學(xué)人說話的習(xí)慣，也用于形容人鸚鵡學(xué)舌。

parrot: parrot: [16] The original English name for the ‘parrot’ was popinjay [13] (whose ultimate source, Arabic babaghā, probably arose as an imitation of the parrot’s call). But in the early 16th century this began to be replaced by parrot, which seems to have originated (like its close relative parakeet) in French as a diminutive form of the name Pierre ‘Peter’.
parrot (n.): 1520s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal Middle French perrot, from a variant of Pierre "Peter;" or perhaps a dialectal form of perroquet (see parakeet). Replaced earlier popinjay. The German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt in South America in 1800 encountered a very old parrot that was the sole speaker of a dead Indian language, the original tribe having gone extinct.
parrot (v.): "repeat without understanding," 1590s, from parrot (n.). Related: Parroted; parroting.

1. Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.: 一代又一代學(xué)生學(xué)會了機(jī)械地重復(fù)這些標(biāo)準(zhǔn)解釋。

2. Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.: 許多文人只是機(jī)械地模仿一套聽上去令人印象深刻的說法。

4. He keeps a parrot in a birdcage in his living room.: 他在客廳的鳥籠里養(yǎng)了一只鸚鵡.