Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - parrot
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Parrot
parrot
~1 n 1 a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly coloured feathers that can be taught to copy human speech 2 parrot fashion BrE repeating what someone has just said without understanding it (reciting poems parrot-fashion) (- see also sick as a parrot sick1 (8)) ~2 v to repeat someone else's words or ideas without really understanding what you are saying
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(parrots, parroting, parroted) 1. 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. N-COUNT 2. 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. = repeat VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: probably modification of Middle French perroquet Date: circa 1525 1. any of numerous widely distributed tropical birds (order Psittaciformes and especially family Psittacidae) that are often crested and brightly colored, have a distinctive stout hooked bill and zygodactyl feet, and include some excellent mimics 2. a person who sedulously echoes another's words • ~ adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1596 to repeat by rote ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, often having vivid plumage and able to mimic the human voice. 2 a person who mechanically repeats the words or actions of another. --v.tr. (parroted, parroting) repeat mechanically. Phrases and idioms parrot-fashion (learning or repeating) mechanically without understanding. parrot-fish any fish of the genus Scarus, with a mouth like a parrot's bill and forming a protective mucous cocoon against predators. Etymology: prob. f. obs. or dial. F perrot parrot, dimin. of Pierre Peter: cf. PARAKEET ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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попугай; pl попугаи (Psittacidae) (см. тж. parrakeet) – African gray parrot – Amazona parrot – blue-bellied parrot – blue-rumped parrot – brown parrot – burrowing parrot – cockatoo parrot – crimson-winged parrot – Cuban parrot – fig parrot – golden-plumed parrot – gray parrot – ground parrot – Guadeloupe parrot – hanging parrot – hawk-headed parrot – imperial parrot – king parrot – little Malay parrot – mountain parrot – owl parrot – purple-bellied parrot – pygmy parrot – racket-tailed parrot – red-capped parrot – red-fan parrot – red-winged parrot – sea parrot – sharp-tailed parrot – shining parrot – short-tailed parrot – swift parrot – thick-billed parrot – vasa parrot – violet-bellied parrot – vulturine parrot – white-bellied parrot ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. попугай (Psittacus gen.) 2. попугай (о человеке) to learn smth. like a parrot —- бессмысленно заучивать что-либо 3. болтать или повторять как попугай 4. учить (кого-либо) бессмысленно повторять (как попугай) the rank and file actors are tutored and parroted by author or by stage-manager —- рядовых актеров натаскивает автор или режиссер ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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fashion adv. как попугай; Pupils often had to repeat lessons parrot fashion. PARROT 1. noun 1) zool. попугай 2) попугай (о человеке) 2. v. 1) повторять как попугай (тж. parrot it) 2) учить (кого-л.) бессмысленно повторять (что-л.); Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1525, from dial. M.Fr. perrot, from var. of Pierre "Peter." Replaced earlier popinjay. The verb "repeat without understanding" is first attested 1596. The Ger. naturalist Alexander von Humboldt in S.America 1800 encountered a very old parrot that was the sole speaker of a dead Indian language, the original tribe having gone extinct. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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