parrot
英 [ˈpær.ət]
美 [ˈper.ət]
- 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
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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。
英语词源
- parrot
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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.
权威例句
- 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。
- 2. 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。
- 3. The parrot squawked and flew away.
- 鹦鹉尖声叫了叫飞走了。
- 4. 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.
- 5. Mary is as sick as a parrot about losing her watch.
- 玛丽丢了表之后非常不高兴.
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