albatross

FREQ #22667

n. 信天翁, 沉重负担

发音

UK /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɒs/
US /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɔs/
/ˈæl.bəˌtɹɑs/

词形变化

albatrosses 复数 albatrosses

别名

albatros albie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.

    信天翁

  2. 2.

    Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins.

  3. 3.

    A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.

    体育
  4. 4.

    A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

    比喻

    2006 March 13, Richard Lugar, speech to the Brookings Institution, […] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

millstone mollymawk

上位词 8

check handicap impediment deterrent hindrance balk baulk hinderance

下位词 5

gooney gooney bird goonie goony wandering albatross

相关短语

albatross around one's neck albatross round one's neck wandering albatross n. 漂泊信天翁 great albatross Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross black-browed albatross Laysan albatross sooty albatross

词源

Uncertain. Probably from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz (“pelican, gannet, albatross”), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”) (compare Alcatraz); or from Portuguese alcatruz (“water wheel bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “pail, jar”), in reference to the pouch of a pelican. In either case, altered under the influence of Latin albus (“white”). Not derived from modern Arabic قَطْرَس (qaṭras, “albatross”), which is perhaps borrowed from Spanish. For sense development of "burden", see albatross around one’s neck.

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