| 单词 | parrot-fashion | 
| 释义 | parrot-fashionn.adv.adj. A. n.   The manner or style of a parrot; esp. a mechanical or repetitive manner; a manner indicative of rote learning. Chiefly in  in parrot fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > 			[noun]		 > manner indicating parrot-fashion1826 1826    Literary & Evangelical Mag. Mar. 136  				What is learned is learned in parrot fashion. It is recited mechanically. 1869    Appleton's Jrnl. 23 Oct. 308  				To listen well..is difficult with those who pretend to converse, but only express in the parrot-fashion. 1892    W. J. Linton Heliconundrums 23  				Why, my last new Sunday bonnet Has not finer feathers on it..Better than a bird e'er wore: French, surpassing parrot fashion. 1904    Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 10 305  				Children are sometimes described as able to read fluently when they can repeat in parrot fashion a few lines of the first reader. 1935    G. Gorer Africa Dances 		(1962)	  ii. iv. 99  				They are taught a sort of French in parrot fashion. 1996    Daily Mirror 		(Nexis)	 9 Oct. 32  				Neal was pictured repeating in parrot fashion every comment uttered by Taylor.  B. adv.   Without thought or understanding, mechanically; by rote; = parrot-like adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > 			[adverb]		 parrot-like1575 parrot-fashion1839 vacuously1860 1839    United Service Jrnl. June 168  				They are required to show..that they are not merely repeating, parrot-fashion, what has been stuffed into them. 1893    P. F. Willert Henry of Navarre ii. 52  				Of Greek he seems only to have known a few tags, which his tutor made him learn by rote, parrot-fashion. 1948    A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country  ii. ii. 138  				He had heard them reciting, parrot-fashion,..things that could mean little to them. 1977    ‘F. Clifford’ Ten Minutes on June Morning 111  				Reassurances..were passed on, parrot-fashion, without knowledge or understanding. 2002    Statesman 		(India)	 		(Nexis)	 5 May  				Who was tutoring the mother and daughter to repeat their story parrot fashion to the police and reporters?  C. adj.   Characterized by mindless and mechanical repetition; = parrot-like adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > 			[adjective]		 > mechanical parrot-like1792 parrot-fashion1953 1953    Times 7 Dec. 6/3  				A practice condemned as ‘mechanical parrot-fashion learning’. 1967    Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 1 214  				There is constant opportunity for discussions..which lead to active thinking in contrast to parrot-fashion learning. 2003    Birmingham Post 		(Nexis)	 24 Feb. (Letters section) 10  				Why can't Blair and Straw..drop their parrot-fashion agreement with everything Bush and Powell say? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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