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parrot

美 [ˈpærət]英 [ˈpærət]
  • n.鹦鹉
  • vt.鹦鹉学舌地说…

复数: parrots 过去式: parroted 现在分词: parroting 过去分词: parroted 第三人称单数: parrots

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noun

鹦鹉
a tropical bird with a curved beak. There are several types of parrot , most of which have bright feathers. Some are kept as pets and can be trained to copy human speech.

习语

verb

VN鹦鹉学舌地说…
to repeat what sb else has said without thinking about what it means

parrot

频次

  • 1
    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.

  • 2
    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.

    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。

  • 3
    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.

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

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  1. 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。

  2. A parrot can mimic a person 's voice .

    鹦鹉能学人的声音。

  3. 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。

  4. Under the old system pupils often had to stand to attention and repeat lessons parrot fashion .

    在旧体制下,学生常常得立正站好,机械地重复课文。

  5. 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。

  6. He learned to domesticate goats for milk , and even a parrot for a pet .

    他学会了驯养野羊以获取羊奶,甚至还驯养出一只鹦鹉作宠物。

  7. He talks like a parrot and just repeat what he heard .

    他只是鹦鹉学舌,拾人牙慧罢了!

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. Clear and bright in the sunlit stream the trees of hanyang ,| fragrant grasses , lush and green , all over parrot isle .

    晴川历历汉阳树,芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。(崔颢《黄鹤楼》)

  11. I saw an old parrot which could " talk " .

    我看见一只会“说话”的老鹦鹉。

  12. A man once bought a parrot and gave it the run of his house .

    从前,有一个人买了一只鹦鹉,让它在房子里自由自在地生活。

  13. So it be smart when you 're parroting smart people .

    所以你要跟聪明人学舌就不费吹灰之力显得聪明

  14. There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot .

    有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。

  15. A curious guy goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot .

    有个人去宠物店买鹦鹉。

  16. It 's no use just parroting textbooks .

    只是重复书本是没有用的

  17. Snorkelling was amazing , daily seeing reef sharks , parrot fish and sting rays .

    浮潜是惊人,每天看礁鲨,鹦鹉鱼和魟鱼

  18. Pieces of eight ! Pieces of eight ! Pieces of eight ! It was Silver 's parrot , Captain Flint !

    八个里亚尔!八个里亚尔!八个里亚尔!是西尔弗的鹦鹉,弗林特船长!

  19. There he sees a parrot with a red string tied to its left leg and a green string tied to it 's right leg .

    在那里,他看见有只鹦鹉的左腿被红线系住,右腿则被绿线系住。

  20. He spots a birdcage with a parrot in it ! He goes over and asks " Was that your voice ? " . It said " YES " .

    结果看到一只鹦鹉,于是他问鹦鹉:“是你在说话吗?”鹦鹉承认了。

  21. The burglar says " What kind of person names his bird moses ? " The parrot replys " THE SAME PERSON THAT NAMES HIS Rottweiler " JESUS " .

    小贼说:“什么人给鸟取这种名字?”鹦鹉回答:“就是那个给他的罗威那犬取名为‘耶稣’的那个人啊。”

  22. He asks the owner the significance of the strings1 . " Well , this is a highly trained parrot . If you pull the red string he speaks French ; if you pull the green string he speaks German , " replies the shop keeper .

    对此他感到不解,于是他问该店的老板,老板回答说:“这只鹦鹉受过特殊的训练。如果拉红线,它就讲法语,拉绿线,它则讲德语。”

  23. Why , I was born here , and have lived here all my life , and yet , if I venture to mew , they throw things at me and chase me all over the place . " " Look here , mistress , " said the Parrot , " you just hold your tongue .

    “怎么刚到这里来就这么吵闹呢?我可是在这里出生的,而且一直住在这个家里。但即便如此,如果我冒险喵喵地叫几声,主人就会朝我扔东西,到处追赶着我出去。”鹦鹉回答说:

  24. With a parrot so people would think you were cool ?

    拍了张照片好让别人觉得你很酷?

  25. I also don 't need you to parrot everything this guy says .

    我不需要你重复这个人的话。

  26. In fact , you almost never see a parrot actually fly .

    其实,你几乎没有真正看到过鹦鹉展翅翱翔。

  27. I 've got a parrot that might turn you on .

    你可能会爱上我的鹦鹉。

  28. The relationship between earthquake and singing volume of parrot at night

    虎皮鹦鹉夜叫声量异常与地震关系的分析

  29. He spent years teaching his parrot to talk .

    他花了几年的时间教他的鹦鹉讲话。

  30. But the foreign parrot just only one .

    但是外地鹦鹉只有一只。

  • 习语

n.

(as) sick as a parrot

大失所望
very disappointed