Определение a-parrot в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- burrowing parrot
- A South-American conure, Cyanoliseus patagonus
- owl parrot
- The kakapo
- parrot
- A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech
Mrs Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.
- parrot
- Channel coal
- parrot
- A puffin
- parrot
- To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot
So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.
- parrot
- A parroter; a person who repeats what was just said
In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.
- parrot disease
- psittacosis
- parrot fever
- An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydophila psittaci and contracted from birds such as parrots, pigeons, sparrows, ducks, and many other species of bird
- parrot snake
- A snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago
- parrot-fashion
- In the manner of a parrot; with thoughtless repetition of what others have said
He failed the tests because he could only recite the lessons parrot-fashion.
- poll parrot
- A tame parrot
- poll parrot
- to chatter like a parrot
- poll parrot
- to speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot
- sea-parrot
- the puffin
- parrot
- {n} a genus of birds of numerous varieties, remarkable for the faculty of imitating the human voice
- A parrot
- popinjay
- learn like a parrot
- learn by rote, memorize, learn to repeat what others say
- parrot
- erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples
- parrot
- disapproval 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. to repeat someone else's words or ideas without really understanding what you are saying - used to show disapproval. Any of the approximately 300 species of birds in the family Psittacidae. About 220 species of true parrots (subfamily Psittacinae) are found worldwide in warm regions (see parakeet). Many are brilliantly coloured. They have a blunt tongue and eat seeds, buds, and some fruit and insects. Their vocal apparatus permits many species to mimic human speech with great accuracy. The African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus), intelligent and a particularly good talker, is about 13 in. (33 cm) long and is gray except for a red tail and white face; it lives up to 80 years. The 26 species of Amazon parrots (genus Amazona), also good mimics, are 10-16 in. (25-40 cm) long and predominantly green. Five other subfamilies are found chiefly around New Zealand and Australia. See also cockatiel; cockatoo; kea; lovebird; macaw
- parrot
- To repeat by rote, as a parrot
- parrot
- usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
- parrot
- Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases
- parrot
- To chatter like a parrot
- parrot
- {f} mimic, mime, imitate, do exactly as another person
- parrot
- {i} colorful tropical bird
- parrot
- 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
- parrot
- usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words
- parrot
- Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidæ, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories
- parrot
- a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
- parrot
- In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci
- parrot
- The gray parrot, or jako P
- parrot
- They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks
- parrot
- repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
- parrot fever
- {i} psittacosis, infectious disease carried by some birds and which can be transmitted to humans (causes pneumonia, high fever, weakness, and fatigue)
- parrot fish
- Any of about 80 species (family Scaridae) of slender, blunt-headed, deep-bodied fishes found on tropical reefs. They are often brightly coloured and have large scales. The fused teeth form a "beak" used to scrape algae and the soft part of coral from reefs. Platelike teeth in the throat grind the ingested food and bits of coral. Some species grow to 4 ft (1.2 m) long and weigh 45 lb (20 kg). The Indo-Pacific surf, or rivulated, parrot fish (Callyodon fasciatus) grows to 18 in. (46 cm) or more. The queen parrot fish (Scarus vetula) is an Atlantic species
- parrot's beak
- evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
- parrot-fashion
- If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means. Under the old system pupils often had to stand to attention and repeat lessons parrot fashion. = by rote
- prate like a parrot
- talk incessantly, repeat what others say, chatter, talk nonsense
- sea parrot
- The puffin
- vaza parrot
- Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; called also vasa parrot