parakeet
英语[编辑]
替代写法[编辑]
词源[编辑]
来自中古法语 perroquet,可能是人名Pierre的指小词;一些异体形或许经由意大利语 parrocchetto、西班牙语 periquito。
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名词[编辑]
parakeet (复数 parakeets)
- 长尾鹦鹉(自十六世纪)
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, 章号 8, 出自 John Florio(译者), The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- 2009, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 12 Oct 2009:
- According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.
使用说明[编辑]
作为宠物养的在大英国协会员中则称为“budgie”或“budgerigar”。