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parrot 音标拼音: [p'ɛrət] n. 鹦鹉,重复别人的话之人
vt. 学舌 鹦鹉,重复别人的话之人学舌 parrot n 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 v 1: repeat mindlessly; " The students parroted the teacher' s words" Parrot \ Par" rot\ ( p[ a^] r" r[ u^] t), n. [ Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. { Paroquet}, { Petrel}, { Petrify}.] 1. ( Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order { Psittaci}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) Any species of { Psittacus}, { Chrysotis}, { Pionus}, and other genera of the family { Psittacid[ ae]}, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({ Psittacus erithacus}) of Africa ( see { Jako}), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots ({ Chrysotis}) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases. [ 1913 Webster] { Carolina parrot} ( Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See { Parrakeet}. { Night parrot}, or { Owl parrot}. ( Zool.) See { Kakapo}. { Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [ Eng. & Scot.] { Parrot green}. ( Chem.) See { Scheele' s green}, under { Green}, n. { Parrot weed} ( Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({ Bocconia frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. { Parrot wrasse}, { Parrot fish} ( Zool.), any fish of the genus { Scarus}. One species ({ Scarus Cretensis}), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans. [ 1913 Webster]
Parrot \ Par" rot\, v. t. To repeat by rote, without understanding, as a parrot. [ 1913 Webster]
Parrot \ Par" rot\, v. i. To chatter like a parrot. [ 1913 Webster] 98 Moby Thesaurus words for " parrot": Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, ape, bourgeois, burgher, come again, commit to memory, compulsive character, con, conformer, conformist, conventionalist, copier, copy, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, ditto, do a repeat, do again, do over, double, duplicate, echo, echoer, echoist, faker, forger, formalist, get by heart, get letter- perfect, have by heart, hit off, hit off on, hypocrite, imitate, imitator, impersonate, impersonator, impostor, know by heart, learn by heart, learn verbatim, memorize, methodologist, middle- class type, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mock, mocker, mockingbird, model child, monkey, organization man, pedant, perfectionist, phony, plagiarist, plagiarize, plastic person, poll- parrot, polly, polly- parrot, poseur, precisian, precisianist, quote, recite, redo, redouble, reduplicate, reecho, regurgitate, reincarnate, reiterate, renew, repeat, repeat by heart, reproduce, revive, say again, sheep, simulator, square, study, swot up, take off, take off on, teenybopper, trimmer, yes- man
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