parrot
n. 鸚鵡
v. 機械地模仿; 鸚鵡學舌般地重複
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.
一代又一代學生學會了機械地重複這些標準解釋。
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.
另一種不是鸚鵡而叫帕克的鳥1993年參加了測試.
Not all parrot species are talkers, though.
也並不是所有的鸚鵡物種都會說話.
Suddenly, he saw a foreign parrot and it was an amazing mimic.
突然, 他看到一個外國鸚鵡,它有驚人的模仿能力.
She's just a little parrot, don't let it bother you!
她只是愛模仿罷了, 別放在心上.
He lives completely alone with a parrot.
他身邊只有一隻鸚鵡為伴.