parrot
英 ['pærət]
美['pærət]
- n. 鹦鹉；学舌者，应声虫；机械模仿别人的人
- vt. 机械地模仿
- n. (Parrot)人名；(英、俄、葡)帕罗特；(法)帕罗
词态变化
复数: parrots;第三人称单数: parrots;过去式: parroted;过去分词: parroted;现在分词: parroting;
中文词源
parrot 鹦鹉，鹦鹉学舌
词源不详，可能来自法语方言Pierre,人名Peter的法语形式。比较parakeet,petrel.由于该鸟学人说话的习惯，也用于形容人鹦鹉学舌。
英英释意
- 1. usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
- 2. a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A different kind of bird, not a parrot, named Puck was tested in 1993.
- 另一种不是鹦鹉而叫帕克的鸟1993年参加了测试.
期刊摘选
- Not all parrot species are talkers, though.
- 也并不是所有的鹦鹉物种都会说话.
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- Suddenly, he saw a foreign parrot and it was an amazing mimic.
- 突然, 他看到一个外国鹦鹉,它有惊人的模仿能力.
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- She's just a little parrot, don't let it bother you!
- 她只是爱模仿罢了, 别放在心上.
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- He lives completely alone with a parrot.
- 他身边只有一只鹦鹉为伴.
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- Look! There is a parrot.
- 看, 那里还有一只鹦鹉.
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- A man bought a parrot and tried to make him talk.
- 有个人买了只鹦鹉,想让它说话.
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- There was a big outlandish parrot on each side of the clock.
- 这座钟的两旁,立着一对奇异的大鹦鹉.
辞典例句
- Then, he double foot jumped, parrot cries: " Fuck , frighten me jump ! Frighten me to jump! "
- 于是, 他双脚跳了进去, 鹦鹉叫到: “ 他妈的, 吓我一跳! ”
期刊摘选
- John is really jealous of my new house — he's as sick as a parrot.
- 约翰非常嫉妒我有了一栋新房子,他是个十足的妒忌鬼.
《简明英汉词典》
- And the parrot would say , with great rapidity ,'Pieces of eight!
- 鹦鹉听后立刻急促地叫道:“八个 里亚尔!
英汉文学 - 金银岛
- Finally, in a moment of desperation, John put the parrot in the freezer.
- 最终, 在一阵绝望之后, 约翰把鹦鹉关进了冰箱.
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- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- Snorkeling was amazing, daily seeing reef sharks, parrot fish and sting rays.
- 浮潜很惊奇, 每天可以看到礁鲨, 鹦鹉鱼和魟鱼.
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- So live that you will not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the gossip.
- 所以你要过“把家里养的鹦鹉卖给街坊的三姑六婆也不至于害臊”的生活.
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- The white parrot, named Jixiang ( fortune and luck ) , can also play swing and perform other stunts.
- 这只名为' 吉祥 '的白鹦鹉还会表演玩跷跷板和其它绝活.
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- A parrot with nothing to do a prime candidate for behavioral problems.
- 一只鹦鹉无所事事是首要的行为问题.
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- A parrot imitates human voices.
- 鹦鹉学人声.
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- Mary is as sick as a parrot about losing her watch.
- 玛丽丢了表之后非常不高兴.
《简明英汉词典》
- A parrot can sometimes make you embarrassed.
- 鹦鹉有时候会让人很尴尬.
《简明英汉词典》
- The second day, parrot again come, leap onto a buffet.
- 第二天, 鹦鹉又来了, 跃上吧台.
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- It is not a writer's job to play the parrot.
- 作家绝不可鹦鹉学舌.
《简明英汉词典》
- The bright plumage of a parrot made it beloved by people.
- 鹦鹉的一身华丽羽毛使人们很爱它.
《简明英汉词典》
- Using for feeding rare fowl and adornment animal such as blackbird, parrot, mynah, abalone, etc.
- 饲喂珍禽和观赏动物,如画眉, 鹦鹉, 八哥, 鲍鱼.
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- He talks like a parrot and just repeat what he heard.
- 他只是鹦鹉学舌,拾人牙慧罢了!
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- A parrot can mimic a person's voice.
- 鹦鹉能学人的声音.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The parrot squawked and flew away.
- 鹦鹉尖声叫了叫飞走了。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》