albatross

🇬🇧/ˈælbətrɒs/ 🇺🇸/ˈælbətrɑːs/📚 21992

An albatross is a very large white seabird. ^信天翁

noun [专属名词][鸟] 信天翁；沉重负担

Black-footed albatross on Kure Atoll, 2002.
在Kure A toll岛上，塑料垃圾中的黑脚信天翁，2002年。

albatross 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）: Lesson 23 Bird flight albatross 名词: 信天翁

n.[鸟]信天翁,沉重负担

单词造句:

网友用“Albatross”造句精选: Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party. 私有化可能会成为执政党的政治包袱。

与“albatross”相关联的词汇

关联词seabird/ˈsiːbɜːd/n.海鸟(如海鸥)

albatross的重要知识点

albatross ^{n. a large white sea bird}

the Rime of the Ancient Mariner 《古舟子咏》(《老水手之歌》) It is a poem written by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797–1799.
The Ancient Mariner is an old sailor who shoots and kills an albatross. The other sailors think that this will bring them bad luck, and they force him to wear the dead albatross on a rope around his neck so that they will not be punished for his crime. But all the sailors die, and the Ancient Mariner feels guilty and believes he must tell his story to anyone who will listen, to warn them to be kind to all creatures.

an albatross (around one’s neck) ^{（idiom）摆脱不掉的累赘}

The scandal is an albatross around the president’s neck.
For years, Microsoft has had an albatross around its neck when it comes to its reputation for security.
But already the statistics were becoming an albatross around Dhoni's neck.

duck ^鸭子	We saw a mother duck leading her ducklings across the pond. ^{我们看到一只母鸭带着她的小鸭子们穿过池塘。}
pigeon ^鸽子	A flock of pigeons gathered in the city square, waiting for food. ^{一群鸽子聚集在城市广场上，等待食物。}
swallow ^燕子	Swallows return from the south every spring, nesting under the eaves. ^{燕子每年春天从南方飞回来，在屋檐下筑巢。}
partridge ^{鹧鸪；石鸡}	The hunter was hoping to catch a partridge in the dense forest. ^{猎人希望在密林中抓到一只鹧鸪。}
lame duck ^{即将届满卸任的从政者（或政府）；“跛脚鸭”}	With 11 months left to go in his second term, George W. Bush looks more and more like a lame duck president. ^{在他的第二任期还有 11 个月时，乔治·W·布什越来越像一位“跛脚鸭”总统。}
sitting duck ^{易受攻击者；易被击中的目标}	With their bullets all gone, the soldiers were sitting ducks for the enemy. ^{子弹全部用完后，士兵们成了敌人的活靶子（易受攻击者）。}
carrier pigeon ^信鸽	In ancient times, carrier pigeons were used to send important messages over long distances. ^{在古代，信鸽被用于远距离传递重要信息。}
pigeon-chested / pigeon-breasted ^{凸胸的；鸡胸的}	The doctor noted the child was slightly pigeon-chested during the examination. ^{医生在检查时注意到这个孩子有点鸡胸。}
pigeon-toed ^{内八字脚的}	The young dancer needed to practice to correct her pigeon-toed stance. ^{这位年轻的舞者需要练习来纠正她的内八字脚站姿。}
dove ^{鸽子；鸽派人士（主张和平、妥协;绥靖）}	The country's leader is known as a dove for his peaceful foreign policy. ^{这位国家领导人因其和平的外交政策而被称为鸽派人士。}
hawk ^{鹰；鹰派成员（主张武力、强硬）}	The President's advisors include several foreign policy hawks. ^{总统的顾问中包括几位外交政策的鹰派成员。}