albatross
albatross 英 [ˈælbətrɒs] 美 [ˈælbətrɔs]
n. [鸟] 信天翁；沉重负担
名词复数:albatrosses
- It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an albatross — in which case it's somewhere between the first two. An albatross is one of the largest flying birds in the world.
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- n. [鸟] 信天翁；沉重负担
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1. Why can’t you leave low flying to the pelicans, the albatross?
低飞是鹈鹕和信天翁的事,你学这干什么?
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2. The birds did not fight off their attackers, even as some mice fed inside the body cavity of one albatross chick.
甚至当有些老鼠在吃信天翁幼雏的内体腔时，这些鸟都没能击退他们的攻击。
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3. Taiaroa Head – the only mainland albatross breeding colony in the world – has recorded only two previous instances of females setting up a nest together in the past 70 years.
泰瓦罗瓦角是世界上唯一一处信天翁大陆繁殖基地，据称，在过去的70年里该地仅发生过两起雌鸟共同筑巢的先例。
- albatross (n.) 1670s, probably from Spanish or Portuguese albatros, alteration of alcatraz "large, web-footed sea-bird; cormorant," originally "pelican" (16c.). This name is perhaps from Arabic al-ghattas "sea eagle" [Barnhart]; or from Portuguese alcatruz "the bucket of a water wheel" [OED], from Arabic al-qadus "machine for drawing water, jar" (which is from Greek kados "jar"). If the second, the name would be a reference to the pelican's pouch (compare Arabic saqqa "pelican," literally "water carrier").
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