parrot

オウム、インコ

曲がったくちばしを持ち、多くは色鮮やかで、人の言葉をまねることもある熱帯の鳥。

やさしい英語で： A tropical bird with a curved beak, often colorful, that can sometimes copy human speech.

• Our parrot can say hello.
• Two parrots sat on a branch.
• What do you feed your parrot?

よく使う表現： pet parrot, talking parrot, parrot cage, colorful parrot

受け売りする人

他人の言葉や考えを、自分で考えずに繰り返す人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who repeats other people’s words or ideas without thinking about them.

• He is a parrot who repeats every slogan.
• She called him a mere parrot of his teacher.
• We need thinkers, not parrots.

類義語： imitator

よく使う表現： a mere parrot, parrot of someone

おうむ返しする

他人の言葉や考えを、多くは理解せず、考えずに繰り返す。

やさしい英語で： To repeat another person’s words or ideas, often without understanding or thinking about them.

• He just parrots what his friends say.
• The students parroted the answer without understanding it.
• Please do not parrot my opinions.

使い方： parrot something back (She parroted the instructions back to me.)

類義語： repeat, echo

よく使う表現： parrot someone, parrot something back, parrot a slogan