albatross
albatross
[ˈalbətrɒs]
(pl. albatrosses)
[ˈalbətrɒs]
(pl. albatrosses)
- a very large oceanic bird related to the shearwaters, with long narrow wings. Albatrosses are found mainly in the southern oceans, with three kinds in the North Pacific
信天翁 - Family Diomedeidae: genera Diomedea and Phoebetria
信天翁科： 信天翁属和乌信天翁属
■a source of frustration or guilt; an encumbrance (in allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
挫折（或内疚）之源；障碍，负担，累赘（典出柯里律治的《老水手谣》）
an albatross of a marriage.
婚姻的负担。
■(Golf). another term for double eagle
(高尔夫)。 同 double eagle
- late 17th cent.: alteration (influenced by Latin albus 'white') of 16th-cent. alcatras, applied to various seabirds including the frigate bird and pelican, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz, from Arabic al-g̦aṭṭās 'the diver'
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