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

• 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。
• 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。
• Albatross Global Solutions is a sales solutions provider dedicated to improving customer service and sales performancewithin your organization.
  信天翁咨询是一家销售解决方案提供商，致力于改进贵公司的顾客服务水准，提高销售业绩。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。