parrot
高中,托福,1
英['pærət]
|美['pærət]
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
日语:オウム
法语:perroquet
德语:Papagei
韩语:앵무새
俄语:loro
牛津词典
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.
verb
- 鹦鹉学舌地说…
to repeat what sb else has said without thinking about what it means
网络解释
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
词形变化
名词复数形式:parrots 现在分词:parroting 过去式:parroted 第三人称单数:parrots 过去分词:parroted
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。
双语例句
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- A parrot can mimic a person's voice.
鹦鹉能学人的声音。
- He talks like a parrot and just repeat what he heard.
他只是鹦鹉学舌,拾人牙慧罢了!
- 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》)
- 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。
- This parrot should have a name.
这只鹦鹉应该有个名字。
- I once got drunk and had sex with a parrot.
有一次我喝醉了,和一只鹦鹉发生了关系。
- This parrot screams but does not talk.
这只鹦鹉会尖叫,但不会说话。
- I have a parrot, I think my parrot will get new friends.
我有个鹦鹉,我想我的鹦鹉将有好朋友了!
- Dude, he's the one that stole the parrot.
伙计,就是他偷了鹦鹉。
- I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago.
我要抱怨这只我不到半小时前买的鹦鹉。
- I understand my lifestyle will be different with a parrot.
我了解我的生活方式将与鹦鹉不同。
- I do not love that parrot.
我不喜欢那只鹦鹉。
- David received a parrot for his birthday.
戴维生日时收到了一只鹦鹉。
- This parrot will repeat anything and everything you say to it.
这个鹦鹉会重复你对它讲的任何话和每句话。
- My friends keep a pet parrot in their house.
我的朋友们在家里养了一只宠物鹦鹉。
- I might even keep a pet parrot.
我甚至可能养一只宠物鹦鹉。
- I have plenty of time to take my parrot out of the cage and play with it every day.
我有足够的时间来把我的鹦鹉出笼子,每天与它玩。
- If one day, a parrot tells you it's100 years old, don't believe it.
如果有一天,一只鹦鹉告诉你它已经100岁了,你可别相信它。
- Also, this thief stole you parrot, but he didn't take her cage.
同时,这贼还偷了你的鹦鹉。可是他没有拿走这笼子。
- Can you feed my parrot while I am away.
在我出走时,你能喂我的鹦鹉吗?
- "I will fall down", screeched the parrot.
“我会摔倒,”鹦鹉尖叫到。
- He spent years teaching his parrot to talk.
他花了几年的时间教他的鹦鹉讲话。
- Is Polly a parrot? C.Yes, I am.
波利是一只鹦鹉吗?是的,我是。
- 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。
- And presumably this parrot has attracted the boy's attention.
这只鹦鹉大概吸引了这名男孩的注意力。
- I myself have a pet parrot.
我自己就养了一只宠物鹦鹉呢。
- The thief took our parrot, too!
那贼也带走了我们的鹦鹉。
语源
early 16th cent.: probably from dialect French perrot, diminutive of the male given name PierrePeter. Compare with parakeet