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.- 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。
- Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.
英英释义
noun
- large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings
- (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
- she was an albatross around his neck
双语例句
- Large sea birds, such as the wandering albatross, glide over the sea.
大的海鸟，如漂泊信天翁，在海洋上空滑翔。 - 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。 - The wandering albatross is the biggest of some two dozen different species.
阿房鸟是20几种不同种类中最大的一种。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - Her own supporters see her as an albatross who could lose them the election.
她自己的支持者视她为一个无法摆脱的烦恼，她可能会使他们输掉选举。 - 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。 - Sometimes he took eggs from albatross nests.
有时他还会从信天翁的巢里掏鸟蛋。 - A variety of albatross with black feet.
信天翁的变种，脚为黑色。