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
- The albatross can stay airborne at sea for days at a time.
信天翁在海上可以一连在空中待几天。 - But nobody noticed when the albatross had disappeared.
不过谁也没注意那信天翁几时不见的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Our only companion is the wandering albatross, which glides effortlessly and gracefully behind the yacht.
陪伴我们的仅有那只盘旋的信天翁，它在游艇后面优雅轻盈地翱翔。 - 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。 - 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。 - A variety of albatross with black feet.
信天翁的变种，脚为黑色。