albatross

noun

/ˈælbətrɒs/

/ˈælbətrɑːs/

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a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans信天翁（白色长翼大海鸟，生活于太平洋和南大洋）
Topics Birdsc2
[usually singular] (formal) a thing that causes problems or prevents you from doing something惹麻烦的事；苦恼；障碍
- The national debt is an albatross around the president’s neck.国债是总统的一大包袱。

词源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-ġaṭṭās ‘the diver’.

词汇	albatross
释义	albatross noun /ˈælbətrɒs/ /ˈælbətrɑːs/ enlarge image a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans信天翁（白色长翼大海鸟，生活于太平洋和南大洋） Topics Birdsc2 [usually singular] (formal) a thing that causes problems or prevents you from doing something惹麻烦的事；苦恼；障碍 The national debt is an albatross around the president’s neck.国债是总统的一大包袱。词源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-ġaṭṭās ‘the diver’.
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