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n.信天翁⁸⁸;沉重的负担⁶;阻碍⁶复数albatrosses名词复数albatross
天上飞鸟
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figurative something that hinders or handicaps;she was an albatross around his neck large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight英语单词albatross本意是“信天翁”，是一种白色的大型海鸟，其拼写与拉丁语albus白色的有关。多年以来，水手们把在大海上看到信天翁看作是好运的兆头。不过，这个单词还常用来比喻“沉重的负担”，这得归功于18世纪英国诗人、浪漫主义文学奠基人塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治Samuel Taylor Coleridge，1772-1834年的著名诗歌《古舟子咏》The Rime of the Ancient Mariner。在这首诗歌中，柯勒律治讲述道，一个水手在船上射落了一只信天翁，结果给这艘船带来了厄运。
因此，其他水手强迫他把信天翁的尸体挂在自己的脖子上，以此表示杀害信天翁的只有他一人，与其他水手无关。然而，死神并没有放过其他人。船上所有水手一个接一个地死去。最后，眼看着船上的人几乎全部死光时，杀死信天翁的水手终于开始真心忏悔自己的罪行。当他跪下低头祈祷时，信天翁的尸体自动从他脖子滑落，他也因此终于卸下了一直折磨自己的重负。从此以后，随着这首诗歌的广泛流传，英语单词albatross的比喻含义“沉重的负担”也得以广泛流传。
albatross：'ælbətrɒsn.信天翁，沉重的负担wandering albatross鸟漂泊信天翁…
近义词 grief悲痛weight重量burden负担shackle手铐millstone磨石oppression压抑impediment障碍encumbrance妨碍物hindrance起妨碍作用的事物或人…mollymawk大海鸟泛指海燕、信天翁…
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用作名词Analbatrossaloft can be a spectacular site.高高在上的信天翁是一种壮观景象。
The old car is analbatrossaround my neck.那辆旧车成为我的累赘。
The issue has become a politicalalbatrossfor the government.这个问题已经成为政府的政治阻碍了。noun.(burden
同义词 millstonedisgrace,load,misery,woecross to bear
反义词 benefit,blessing,happiness,joy
burdennoun mental weight;stress
Herculean task,accountability,affliction,anxiety,ball and chain,blame,care,charge,clog,concern,deadweight,difficulty,duty,encumbrance,excess baggage,grievance,hardship,hindrance,load,millstone,misfortune,mishap,obstruction,onus,punishment,responsibility,sorrow,strain,task,tax,thorn in one's side,trial,trouble,weary load,work,worry
burdensnoun mental weight;stress
Herculean tasks,accountabilities,afflictions,albatrosses,anxieties,ball and chains,blame,cares,charges,clogs,concerns,deadweights,difficulties,duties,encumbrances,excess baggages,grievances,hardships,hindrances,loads,millstones,misfortunes,mishaps,obstructions,onuses,punishments,responsibilities,sorrows,strains,tasks,taxes,thorn in one's sides,trials,troubles,weary loads,works,worries
debtnoun money owed to others
IOU,albatross,arrearage,arrears,bad news,baggage,below the line,bill,bite,capital,check,chit,claim,commitment,credit,cuff,damage,dead horse,debenture,debit,deficit,due,dues,duty,encumbrance,in hock,in the hole,in the red,indebtedness,invoice,liability,manifest,mortgage,note,obligation,outstandings,price tag,promissory note,receipt,reckoning,red ink,responsibility,score,tab,tally,voucher
encumbrancenoun burden
albatross,ball and chain,cross,debt,duty,guilt,handicap,hindrance,impediment,load,millstone,monkey on one's back,obstruction,responsibility,saddle,thorn in one's side,weight,worry
hindrancenoun obstruction, difficulty
Catch-22,albatross,baggage,ball and chain,bar,barrier,catch,check,clog,crimp,cumbrance,deterrent,drag,drawback,encumbrance,excess baggage,foot dragging,glitch,gridlock,handicap,hang-up,hitch,impedance,impediment,interference,interruption,intervention,jam-up,joker,limitation,lock,millstone,monkey wrench,obstacle,restraint,restriction,snag,stoppage,stumbling block,trammel
hindrancesnoun obstruction, difficulty
albatrosses,baggage,ball and chains,barriers,bars,catch-22s,catches,checks,clogs,crimps,cumbrances,deterrents,drags,drawbacks,encumbrances,excess baggages,foot draggings,glitches,gridlock,handicaps,hang-ups,hitches,impedance,impediments,interferences,interruptions,interventions,jam-ups,jokers,limitations,locks,millstones,monkey wrenches,obstacles,restraints,restrictions,snags,stoppages,stumbling blocks,trammels Already the albatross checks a hatching in staggering numbers downy and demanding with unending patience.
数目惊人信天翁用永无止境的要求和耐心检查孵化情况。 kekenet
The complete system will be installed on the launch ALBATROSS, and will aid the Chilean Navy with the development of new nautical cartography for Chilean Waters.
完整的系统将被安装在“信天翁” ALBATROSS系统上，帮助智利海军发展用于智利水浴的海上制图能力。 www.etiri.com.cn
The young albatross only comes to land, after circling the Antarctic for several years.
年轻的信天翁常年盘旋于南极大陆之上。只是偶作停留。 blog.sina.com.cn
“The war, at least at this stage, is not the albatross that many people predicted it would be for the Republican candidate,” said Karlyn Bowman.
对这位共和党候选人而言，这场战争，至少在目前阶段，并不像很多美国人预测的那样不吉利。 ebigear
Among their prey are albatross fledglings, which weigh some300 times as much as the mice.
这些老鼠的掠食对象当中还有信天翁的幼鸟，这种幼鸟的体重约是老鼠的300倍。 yeeyan
I think life would be good as a monogamous albatross, partly because I find human courtship senseless.
我想如果都像信天翁的一夫一妻制，生活会变得很好。部分是因为我发现人类求爱时很愚蠢。 yeeyan
Lyndon Perriman, a ranger with New Zealand's Department of Conservation, said that the royal albatross females would raise their chick exactly the same as any male- female pair would.
新西兰自然资源保护部看护员林登佩里曼说，尽管是两只雌鸟共同哺育后代，其哺育的过程和方式与雌雄搭配的模式并无二般。 yeeyan
Possession of a stack of shares in Goldman Sachs is hardly a cause for pity, but even so it is a bit of a financial albatross for the company's chief executive.
拥有高盛的大量股份几乎不能成为遗憾的理由，但即使这样，对于公司的首席执行官仍是一笔财政负担。 ecocn
Then I thought of my friend the albatross, and I smiled for a moment.
然后我想起我的朋友信天翁，笑了片刻。 yeeyan
This three- square- mile area is home to the albatross, the world’s largest flying bird.
这个三平方公里的区域生活着世界上最大的飞行禽类，信天翁。 yeeyan
Today he has become an albatross around their necks.
而如今奥巴马已成为这些民主党人的沉重负担。 ecocn
What's more, Lindsay Young from the University of Hawaii found that many of the albatross female-female pairs remain faithful over several years.
更重要的是，夏威夷大学的林赛·杨发现，许多雌性配对的信天翁历经数年始终忠贞不渝。 yeeyan
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? putclub
Albatross parents often mistake colorful debris for sea life and feed it to their chicks, which can prove fatal.
信天翁爸妈经常误将鲜艳的垃圾碎片当成海洋生物喂给小鸟们吃，而误食塑料垃圾是致命的。 yeeyan |