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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sometimes he took eggs from albatross nests.
  有时他还会从信天翁的巢里掏鸟蛋。