parrot

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par·rot1 /ˈpærət/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. HBBa tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly coloured feathers that can be taught to copy human speech 鹦鹉 →4  See picture of 见图 FEED 12  parrot fashion British EnglishREPEAT if you learn something parrot fashion, you repeat what someone has just said without understanding it 鹦鹉学舌般; 机械地 → by heart We recited poems parrot fashion. 我们鹦鹉学舌般机械地背诵诗歌。 → sick as a parrot at sick1(10)

Examples from the Corpus

parrot• The sands were crowded with these strange bright parrots, accompanied by young gentlemen with unorthodox headgear and unbuttoned waistcoats.• They run off laughing like parrots as my companion shouts after them in disgust.• The thieves knew exactly what they were after - breeding pairs of parrots and parakeets - six thousand pounds worth.• Her island was peopled with plumed parrots, preening dodos, psychedelic land crabs.• Of the ten parrot species, eight are special to Sulawesi.• No, no: the parrot, the parrot in gloves.• In common with toucans, parrots and woodpeckers, cuckoos have two toes pointing forwards and two pointing back.parrot2 verb [transitive]  REPEATto repeat someone else’s words or ideas without really understanding what you are saying – used to show disapproval 不假思索[不明就里]地重复，鹦鹉学舌般重复〔含贬义〕 He just parroted his father’s opinions. 他只是机械地重复父亲的观点。→ See Verb table

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parrot• Most are parroting a deeply entrenched view which they have not critically or creatively examined.• After the reports some political worthies spew out the same old phrases they parroted last time the natives grew restless somewhere.• That does not mean that they parroted slogans without appreciating their significance.• Despite this, it has the gall to parrot the vocabulary of Tory ideology.• The message would be couched in Inquisition language; the Astropath would parrot the words out telepathically.• He defended himself vigorously, and took Theo to task for parroting their father's words.• When Alexander hung up, I would call three or four investors and simply parrot what Alexander had just said.Origin parrot1 (1500-1600) Probably from Old French perroquet

par·rot1 nounparrot2 verbChineseSyllable  

feathers Corpus a a and coloured with brightly bird curved tropical beak

parrot

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par‧rot¹ /ˈpærət/ noun [countable]
1. a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly coloured feathers that can be taught to copy human speech
2. parrot fashion British English if you learn something parrot fashion, you repeat what someone has just said without understanding it ⇨ by heart:
    We recited poems parrot fashion.
⇨ sick as a parrot at sick¹(10)

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parrot² verb [transitive]
to repeat someone else’s words or ideas without really understanding what you are saying – used to show disapproval:
    He just parroted his father’s opinions.