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.
例文
1. Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.
次世代の学生は、これらの標準的な解釈を機械的に繰り返すことを学んだ。
2.Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.
多くの文人は機械的に耳に残る言葉を真似しているだけだ。
3.The parrot squawked and flew away.
オウムの甲高い声が鳴いて飛んでいった。
4.He keeps a parrot in a birdcage in his living room.
リビングの鳥かごでオウムを飼っている。
5.Mary is as sick as a parrot about losing her watch.