PARROT


Meaning of PARROT in English

[noun] [C] - a bird with a curved beak and usually colourful feathers which is found mainly in tropical areas. There are many types of parrot, some of which can be trained to copy the human voice.She's got a pet parrot that she's taught to say rude words.She repeats everything that you say - it's like having a parrot in the room.(UK) If you learn or repeat a piece of text parrot-fashion you learn or repeat the exact words, usually without understanding them.I used to be able to recite the whole poem parrot-fashion.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.