parrots是什么意思？

parrots

• n. 鹦鹉( parrot的名词复数 )，应声虫，学舌者；
• v. 机械地重复( parrot的第三人称单数 )，鹦鹉学舌；

例句

• Monkeys howled, jaguars roared, parrots and other creatures screamed. 猿在啼,虎在啸, 鹦鹉在在叫, 鸟和其它的各种动物在叫.
• Parrots imitate human speech. 鹦鹉学人说话.
• Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences. 有些鹦鹉能模仿(人的)声音,还能学人说一些单词和句子.
• A flight of green parrots shot out of the cedar forest. 一群绿鹦鹉从杉木林里疾速飞出。

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.