| 单词 | parrot |
| 释义 | parrot (once / 893 pages) nv A parrot is a brightly colored tropical bird with a distinctly loud voice. If you see someone calling a colorful bird "Polly" and asking it if it wants a cracker, that's a parrot. Parrots are popular pets because many of them have the ability to mimic sounds they hear, sometimes including human speech. In fact, this skill has led to a secondary meaning of the word parrot, "mimic mindlessly." You could say, for example, "I'm not going to just parrot everything the teacher says — I'm no parrot." The origin of the word is uncertain, although we know that before parrot, this bird was called a popinjay. WORD FAMILYparrot: parroted, parroting, parrotlike, parrots, parrotted, parrotting USAGE EXAMPLESThe rest of the show featured acrobats, balloon shapes and a parrot. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) Meet Obi, a Pacific parrot at Stanford University trained to fly through laser beams. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) So let us introduce you to Obi, a Pacific parrot at Stanford University trained to fly through laser beams. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds Hypo|Hyper popinjay an archaic term for a parrot poll, poll parrota tame parrot African gray, African grey, Psittacus erithacuscommonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa amazonmainly green tropical American parrots macawlong-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots Nestor notabilis, kealarge brownish-green New Zealand parrot cockatoowhite or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds Nymphicus hollandicus, cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrotsmall grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head lovebirdsmall African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates lorysmall brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquetany of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots Cacatua galerita, Kakatoe galerita, sulphur-crested cockatoowhite cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest Kakatoe leadbeateri, pink cockatoowhite Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage lorikeetany of various small lories Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensisextinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States Melopsittacus undulatus, budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeetsmall Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors Psittacula krameri, ring-necked parakeetAfrican parakeet bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 2n a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated Hyper ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator someone who copies the words or behavior of another 3v repeat mindlessly The students parroted the teacher's words Hyper echo, repeat to say again or imitate |
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