parrot是什么意思？

parrot

英[ˈpærət] 美[ˈperət]

• n. 鹦鹉，应声虫，学舌者，机械模仿别人的人；
• vt. 机械地重复，随声附和，死背，做…的应声虫；

复数：parrots;

第三人称单数：parrots;

过去式：parroted;

过去分词：parroted;

现在分词：parroting;

例句

• 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。
• It is not a writer's job to play the parrot. 作家绝不可鹦鹉学舌。
• A parrot can sometimes make you embarrassed. 鹦鹉有时候会让人很尴尬。
• The parrot squawked and flew away. 鹦鹉尖声叫了叫飞走了。
• Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases. 许多文人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说法。
• 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.
• Most of the other fossils come from rhynchosaurs ( parrot - beaked reptiles ). 其他大部分化石来自剪嘴龙 ( 嘴像鹦鹉的爬行动物 ).
• 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。
• If you have not kept a pet parrot before, it would be wise to purchase a handbook on the subject. 如果以前没有养过鹦鹉，最好买一本相关的饲养手册。
• ...the parrot that flits from tree to tree. 在树木间飞来飞去的鹦鹉

同义词

• n.
  parrot的同义词之：应声虫,效颦者
  mimicker, mimic, mocking-bird, imitator, copyist, echo, ape,
  parrot的同义词之：鹦鹉
  cockatoo, lory, parakeet, myna,
• v.
  parrot的同义词之：重复,模仿
  mimic, repeat, echo, mirror, copy, ape, simulate, imitate,
• parrot的同义词之：其他释义
  monkey,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  鹦鹉
  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.
• 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 they are parroting it.
  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。
• PHRASE
  非常失望；失望至极
  If you say that you feel as sick as a parrot, you feel very disappointed about something.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  鹦鹉
  It is not a writer's job to play the parrot. 作家绝不可鹦鹉学舌。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  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
• Verb
  1. repeat mindlessly;
  "The students parroted the teacher's words"