parrot

英 [ˈpærət]

美 [ˈpærət]

n. 鹦鹉
v. 鹦鹉学舌地说…

复数：parrots　现在分词：parroting　过去式：parroted　第三人称单数：parrots　过去分词：parroted　

Collins.1 / BNC.8676 / COCA.9988

习惯用语

(as) sick as a parrot

noun

鹦鹉
a tropical bird with a curved beak. There are several types of parrot , most of which have bright feathers. Some are kept as pets and can be trained to copy human speech.

verb

鹦鹉
Aparrotis 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.
VERB 机械地模仿；鹦鹉学舌般地重复
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 theyare parrotingit.
1. Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.
  一代又一代学生学会了机械地重复这些标准解释。
非常失望；失望至极
If you say that you feelas sick as a parrot, you feel very disappointed about something.

noun

usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated

verb

I might even keep a pet parrot.
我甚至可能养一只宠物鹦鹉。
He keeps a parrot in a birdcage in his living room.
他在客厅的鸟笼里养了一只鹦鹉。
And presumably this parrot has attracted the boy's attention.
这只鹦鹉大概吸引了这名男孩的注意力。
Is Polly a parrot? C.Yes, I am.
波利是一只鹦鹉吗？是的，我是。
Clear and bright in the sunlit stream the trees of hanyang,| fragrant grasses, lush and green, all over parrot isle.
晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。（崔颢《黄鹤楼》）
He spent years teaching his parrot to talk.
他花了几年的时间教他的鹦鹉讲话。
I myself have a pet parrot.
我自己就养了一只宠物鹦鹉呢。
I do not love that parrot.
我不喜欢那只鹦鹉。
"I will fall down", screeched the parrot.
“我会摔倒，”鹦鹉尖叫到。
I have a parrot, I think my parrot will get new friends.
我有个鹦鹉，我想我的鹦鹉将有好朋友了！