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A parakeet is a small, coloured bird with a long tail. People keep many kinds as pets; you have probably seen one in a cage without knowing the English name. Parrot is the wider family name: big birds like are parrots too, but they are not parakeets. Parakeet is the small, slim, long-tailed sort. Some English speakers say budgie () for the little Australian one that is so common as a pet; that is one kind of parakeet. The word is only the bird.
長尾鸚鵡
組成來自中古法文 perroquet，大概是人名 Pierre（彼得）的小稱。有些寫法也許經過義大利文 parrocchetto 或西班牙文 periquito。所以這隻鳥，某種程度上，是被人拿小名來叫的。
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
parakeetnoun/ˈpaɹəkiːt/
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Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
- we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.
- 'Is it that it talks?' asked the lady. And the Phoenix replied in excellent French. It said, 'Parfaitement, madame!' 'Oh, the pretty parrakeet,' said the lady.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。