parrot
n. 鹦鹉
v. 机械地模仿; 鹦鹉学舌般地重复
A parrot is a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly-coloured or grey feathers. Parrots can be kept as pets. Some parrots are able to copy what people say.
If you disapprove of the fact that someone is just repeating what someone else has said, often without really understanding it, you can say that they are parroting it.
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。
If you say that you feel as sick as a parrot, you feel very disappointed about something.
1. usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
2. a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
1. repeat mindlessly;
A different kind of bird, not a parrot, named Puck was tested in 1993.
另一种不是鹦鹉而叫帕克的鸟1993年参加了测试.
Not all parrot species are talkers, though.
也并不是所有的鹦鹉物种都会说话.
Suddenly, he saw a foreign parrot and it was an amazing mimic.
突然, 他看到一个外国鹦鹉,它有惊人的模仿能力.
She's just a little parrot, don't let it bother you!
她只是爱模仿罢了, 别放在心上.
He lives completely alone with a parrot.
他身边只有一只鹦鹉为伴.