mid 16th cent.: from Old French paroquet, Italian parrocchetto, and Spanish periquito; origin uncertain, perhaps (via Italian) based on a diminutive meaning little wig, referring to head plumage, or (via Spanish) based on a diminutive of the given name Pedro
I'll buy you a parakeet ! you know , the last time you were on the show , we talked about your opening clubs all over the country …我會給你買一個鸚鵡!你知道,上次你上節目時,我們談論了你在全國開設俱樂部…
now a Texas utility is trying a different approach , building a 40-foot platform near electrical towers to lure monk parakeets away from sensitive equipment .現在得克薩斯州一家電力公司正在嘗試一種不同的方法,即在電氣塔樓附近建設一個40英尺的平臺以引誘和尚鸚鵡遠離靈敏的電氣設備。