albino

albino
[alˈbiːnəʊ]
(pl. -os)
  1. a person or animal having a congenital absence of pigment in the skin and hair (which are white) and the eyes (which are usually pink)
    患白化病的人(或动物)
    ■(informal)an abnormally white animal or plant
    (非正式)异常白的动植物
    [as modifier]an albino tiger.
    白虎。
派生
albinism
[ˈalbɪnɪz(ə)m]
noun
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from Portuguese (originally denoting albinos among African blacks) and Spanish, from albo (from Latin albus 'white') + the suffix -ino (see -ine)
英语宝典
考试词汇表