parrot
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpær.ət/ us/ˈper.ət/
B1 鹦鹉
a tropical bird with a curved beak, often kept as a pet and trained to copy the human voice
- More examples
- She used to keep a parrot in a cage.
- Lara liked the parrots at the zoo.
parrot
verb [ T ] disapproving uk/ˈpær.ət/ us/ˈper.ət/
鹦鹉学舌般地复述，机械地复述
to repeat exactly what someone else says, without understanding it or thinking about its meaning
She doesn't have an original thought in her head - she just parrots anything that Sara says. 她脑子里没有什么自己的见解，她只会机械地重复萨拉所说的每句话。