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.
雙語例句
1. Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.
一代又一代學生學會了機械地重復這些標準解釋。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.
許多文人只是機械地模仿一套聽上去令人印象深刻的說法。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The parrot squawked and flew away.
鸚鵡尖聲叫了叫飛走了。
來自《權威詞典》
4. He keeps a parrot in a birdcage in his living room.
他在客廳的鳥籠里養了一只鸚鵡.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Mary is as sick as a parrot about losing her watch.