albatross

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɒs/    美 /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɔs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins.
  3. A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.
  4. A long-term impediment, burden, or curse. figuratively
    — 2006 March 13, Richard Lugar, speech to the Brookings Institution, […] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security.

词形变化

albatross plural albatrosses plural albie alternative

词汇关系

近义词
gooney bird gooney goonie mollymawk
衍生词
albatross around one's neck Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross black-browed albatross great albatross Laysan albatross royal albatross snowy albatross sooty albatross wandering albatross
并列词
buzzard bogey par birdie eagle condor ostrich

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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