单词 | parrot teacher |
释义 | > as lemmasparrot teacher parrot teacher n. †(a) a person who repeats empty or meaningless phrases (obsolete); (b) a person who trains parrots to speak. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 132 You are a rare parrat teacher . View more context for this quotation 2002 Independent (Nexis) 31 Aug. 10 Although in ancient Rome it was often the responsibility of the household slave to teach the parrot to talk, professional parrot teachers offered a service too. < as lemmas |
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