Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense parrots, present participle parroting, past tense, past participle parroted
1N-COUNT 鹦鹉 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. 鹦鹉
SYN mimic, copycat [informal], imitator, (little) echo
2VERB 机械地模仿;鹦鹉学舌般地重复 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. 机械地模仿;鹦鹉学舌般地重复 [disapproval]
Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations. [VERB noun]
3PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE]非常失望;失望至极 If you say that you feel as sick as a parrot, you feel very disappointed about something. 非常失望;失望至极 [British, informal]