parrot: [16] The original English name for the ‘parrot’ was popinjay [13] (whose ultimate source, Arabic babaghā, probably arose as an imitation of the parrot’s call). But in the early 16th century this began to be replaced by parrot, which seems to have originated (like its close relative parakeet) in French as a diminutive form of the name Pierre ‘Peter’.
parrot (n.)
1520s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal Middle French perrot, from a variant of Pierre "Peter;" or perhaps a dialectal form of perroquet (see parakeet). Replaced earlier popinjay. The German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt in South America in 1800 encountered a very old parrot that was the sole speaker of a dead Indian language, the original tribe having gone extinct.
parrot (v.)
"repeat without understanding," 1590s, from parrot (n.). Related: Parroted; parroting.
双语例句
1. Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.
一代又一代学生学会了机械地重复这些标准解释。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.
许多文人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说法。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The parrot squawked and flew away.
鹦鹉尖声叫了叫飞走了。
来自《权威词典》
4. He keeps a parrot in a birdcage in his living room.
他在客厅的鸟笼里养了一只鹦鹉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Mary is as sick as a parrot about losing her watch.
