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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This thing is like an albatross around my neck.
  这事就好象是挂在我脖子上的包袱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The albatross is the king of the gliders.
  信天翁是滑翔鸟类之王。