• n. [鳥] 長尾小鸚鵡

可能來自意大利語parrocchetto,小祭司，來自拉丁語parochus,祭司，神父，詞源同parochial,parish.-etto,小詞后綴。因這種鳥頭上的一綹羽毛像祭司戴的帽子而得名。

parakeet

parakeet: [16] Parakeet is an anglicization of Old French paraquet. Like the roughly contemporary parrot, this seems to have begun life as a diminutive form of the name Pierre ‘Peter’ (several species of bird, such as the magpie and robin, have been given human names).

parakeet (n.)

1620s, from Spanish perquito; earlier English form parroket (1580s) is from Middle French paroquet, from Old French paroquet (14c.), which is said by etymologists of French to be from Italian parrocchetto, literally "little priest," from parroco "parish priest," from Church Latin parochus (see parish), or parrucchetto, diminutive of parrucca "peruke, periwig," in reference to the head plumage.

The Spanish form, meanwhile, is sometimes said to be a diminutive of Perico, familiar form of Pedro "Peter," and the Old French word is likewise perhaps from or influenced by a diminutive of Pierre "Peter." The relations of the Spanish and Italian forms, and the influence of folk etymology on either or both, are uncertain.

1. They are like the parakeet in the mine — they are a good barometer of what's going on.

他們就像礦區的長尾小鸚鵡,就像溫度計反映出周圍的變化.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. I had a little yellow parakeet when I was young.

我年輕的時候養了一只黃色小鸚鵡。

來自辭典例句

3. Streaming video of Sparky the parakeet.

活潑的長尾小鸚鵡視頻直播.

來自互聯網