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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But nobody noticed when the albatross had disappeared.
  不过谁也没注意那信天翁几时不见的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The white-and-black feathered Laysan albatross is not in danger of becoming extinct.
  有白黑羽毛的黑背信天翁，并未因为这次的灾难而灭种。
• This thing is like an albatross around my neck.
  这事就好象是挂在我脖子上的包袱。
• 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。
• 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。