albatross

英 [ˈælbətrɒs]

美 [ˈælbətrɑːs]

n.  信天翁(白色长翼大海鸟，生活于太平洋和南半球海洋); 惹麻烦的事; 苦恼; 障碍

复数：albatrosses　

BNC.21917 / COCA.20677

牛津词典

noun

• 信天翁（白色长翼大海鸟，生活于太平洋和南半球海洋）
  a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans
• 惹麻烦的事；苦恼；障碍
  a thing that causes problems or prevents you from doing sth

柯林斯词典

• 信天翁
  Analbatrossis a very large white seabird.
• N-COUNT 沉重的负担；无法摆脱的苦恼；障碍
  If you describe something or someone as analbatrossaround your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do.
  1. Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.
     私有化可能会成为该执政党一个难以摆脱的政治障碍。

英英释义

noun

• large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings
  Synonym:mollymawk
• (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
  1. she was an albatross around his neck
  Synonym:millstone

双语例句

• Our only companion is the wandering albatross, which glides effortlessly and gracefully behind the yacht.
  陪伴我们的仅有那只盘旋的信天翁，它在游艇后面优雅轻盈地翱翔。
• The Albatross and other sea birds sometimes confuse the plastic for food feeding it to their young who die.
  信天翁和其它海洋鸟类，有时候会将塑料误认为食物，而用它们来喂食它们的幼鸟，从而致使幼鸟死亡。
• Any ship that crosses the Pacific is accompanied for many days by the smaller albatross.
  任何太平洋通过的船只都有较小的信天翁伴随着飞行好多天。
• It ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross.
  但是飞行不全是靠按钮和图表，小信天翁。
• A tiger shark looking for dinner. In this instance, though, the young albatross succeeded in escaping.
  一只虎鲨正在觅食。而此刻小小的信天翁却逃脱了虎口。
• The albatross-legendary protector of seafarers-is heading for extinction.
  信天翁传说中航海人的守护者已经濒临灭绝了。
• It was an albatross of the finest species, a wonderful specimen of these open-sea fowl.
  这是最美丽的一种海鹅，海鸟中最使人赞美的一个鸟类品种。
• Benitez won the Champions League in his first season and I think its become an albatross for them, I really do.
  贝尼特斯在他的第一个赛季赢得了欧冠，我觉得现在这成为了他们的负担，我真的这么觉得。
• Very large albatross; white with wide black wings.
  非常大的信天翁；主体为白色羽毛，翅膀黑色。
• The albatross is the king of the gliders.
  信天翁是滑翔鸟类之王。