poll parrot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tame parrot. dated
    — Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do.
  2. A talkative, gossiping woman. archaic,slang
    — It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs. Kingdom had said nothing but 'dear me' repeatedly and freezingly). She was a free-spoken woman as a rule, and it was terrible to have to sit still and waste all the good things she could have said to her […]
动词 v.
  1. To speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot. dated,transitive
  2. To chatter like a parrot. dated,intransitive
    — 'What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but fold your arms and stand a Poll Parroting all night?'

词形变化

poll parrots plural poll parrots present,singular,third-person poll parroting participle,present poll parroted participle,past poll parroted past
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