parakeet

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英语[编辑]

A rose-ringed parakeet

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)

  1. 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”。

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