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

• At first it looked like a cross, then it looked like an aeroplane, then it looked like a kite, and at last with a whirring of wings it was right overhead and was an albatross.
  开头看上去像个十字架，后来看上去像架飞机，再后来看上去像个风筝，最后翅膀呼呼地旋转，就飞到头顶上空，原来是只信天翁。
• 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。
• 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。
• The scientists agree that an electric vehicle should feel like less of a financial albatross.
  两位科学家也认为，电动汽车不应给人们带来沉重的财务负担。
• Britons are used to hosting a nest of geese that lay golden eggs. They will not put up with an albatross.
  英国人习惯了饲养一窝下金蛋的鹅，他们可不会容忍一只信天翁（指沉重负担）。
• A variety of albatross with black feet.
  信天翁的变种，脚为黑色。
• She was an albatross around his neck.
  她成了他的重负。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。