单词 | parrot-bills |
释义 | parrot /parˈət/noun
To talk like a parrot ORIGIN: Poss Fr Perrot, dimin of Pierre Peter parrˈoter noun parrˈotry noun Unintelligent imitation parrˈoty adjective Like a parrot or parrot-coal parrˈot-beak, parrˈot-bill or parrˈot-jaw noun The New Zealand glory-pea, from the form of its flowers parrˈot-coal noun (Scot) Cannel-coal (possibly from chattering as it burns) parrˈot-cryˈ noun A catchphrase senselessly repeated from mouth to mouth parrot disease or parrot fever noun Psittacosis parrˈot-fashion adverb By rote parrˈot-fish noun A name applied to various fishes, esp of the wrasse family and the related Scaridae, from their colours or their powerful jaws parrot mouth noun A congenital malformation of the jaw that occurs in horses and other grazing animals preventing normal feeding parrˈot-wrasseˈ noun A parrot-fish, esp a Mediterranean species (Scarus cretensis) prized by the ancients |
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