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

• 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。
• Any shi that crosses the Pacific is accompanied for many days by the smaller albatross.
  任何一艘横度太平洋的轮船都会有一种小信天翁伴随飞行许多天。
• The albatross is the king of the gliders.
  信天翁是滑翔鸟类之王。
• Already the albatross checks a hatching in staggering numbers downy and demanding with unending patience.
  数目惊人信天翁用永无止境的要求和耐心检查孵化情况。
• 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。
• 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 bird, such as a petrel or an albatross, that frequents the ocean, especially far from shore.
  尤指远离海岸，栖息在海洋上的鸟，例如海燕或信天翁。
• The albatross can stay airborne at sea for days at a time.
  信天翁在海上可以一连在空中待几天。
• 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 clown made like a tiger and frightened the little tots. A tiger shark looking for dinner. In this instance, though, the young albatross succeeded in escaping.
  小丑装扮成一只老虎把小孩吓着了。一只虎鲨正在觅食。而此刻小小的信天翁却逃脱了虎口。