parrot-fish

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parrot-fish (n.)
1712, from parrot (n.) + fish (n.).
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.