音标:[ˈpærəts] ;
n. 鹦鹉( parrot的名词复数 ); 应声虫, 学舌者
v. 机械地重复( parrot的第三人称单数 ); 鹦鹉学舌
n usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
n a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
v repeat mindlessly

parrot的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The boy had a parrot on his right shoulder.男孩把一只鹦鹉放在右肩上。
  2. He talks like a parrot and just repeats what he heard.他只是鹦鹉学舌,拾人牙慧罢了。
  3. My little brother is also my parrot, always doing everything I do.我的小弟弟也是我的模仿者,我做什么他也做什么。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. This parrot is an amazing mimic.这只鹦鹉很会学舌。
  2. It is not a writer's job to play the parrot.作家绝不可鹦鹉学舌。
  3. Coming home from Europe, America or Japan, they can only parrot things foreign.他们从欧美日本回来,只知生吞活剥地谈外国。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. A parrot can sometimes make you embarrassed.鹦鹉有时候会让人很尴尬。
  2. It is not a writer's job to play the parrot.作家绝不可鹦鹉学舌。

词汇搭配

  • parrot fever鹦鹉热
  • parrot fish小吻鹦嘴鱼
  • parrot disease鹦鹉病
  • parrot mouth[医] 鹦鹉嘴(马)...
  • parrot jaw[医] 鹦鹉型突颌...
  • parrot-fashionadv 鹦鹉学舌地,...
  • as a parrot鹦鹉学舌似地重复...
  • like a parrot鹦鹉学舌似地重复...

经典引文

  • Jargon, to be repeated until one was a parrot.

    出自:H. Williamson
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学英语单词
abstruseness
accomodation bulkhead
aged egg
amph-
andre malrauxes
anteromedian seta
assch-
audio oscillator
audit capability
bailbond
bass-bar
bilge area
Borel covering theorem
building area quota
CF II
chest leads
circumscribed cylinder
closure system
cobbard
crewel-works
criduchat syndrome
cuckoo-flower
deckboard
depot and warehouse
disease spread
domineering
effect a change
elasto-plastic theory
electro arc depositing
electrochemical corrosion test
electronic energy migration
family Castoridae
feature
flat plate shaped grain
formulate criteria
grit reservoir
Hokurabin
homocholane
inactivated vaccine
income tax accounting
incremental loading
input parameter
ironside
kerwin
krugs
Mansuur
manual-reset relay
mechanical paper tape reader
mesophils
mountain belt
nidls
ning-hsia
oak chestnut
one-nature
one-phase relay
oriental beetles
orium
output low current
overwhelming winner
Palos Heights
peaces out
person-related activities
philistia
pillemers
pinault
polish ... up
portable ph meter
pre-menarcheal
premixings
punniness
radar compartment
residual percentage crimp
ristic
robespierres
scud-cs
seleniscope
simple stack
spot indicator
STAG (steam and gas turbine)
stellite stainless steel
stercus
sterile filling
symbolize
take the offer
those've
to wipe up the ground with someone
toll dialing trunk
total image
typical day
under-training
underlying cause of death
undrinks
union link
unoften
unpaid draft
upen
upward stabilization
USUHS
webvertising
xanthochilus
YERSINIOSES
yttrium aeschynite