albatrossn.

Brit.

/ˈalbətrɒs/, U.S.

/ˈælbəˌtrɔs/,

/ˈælbəˌtrɑs/

Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s albetross, 1600s–1700s albitrosse, 1600s– albitros, 1700s albitross, 1700s– albatross.

β. 1600s algatross.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: alcatras n.

Etymology: Apparently originally an extended sense of alcatras n. (possibly arising from confusion of the albatross with the frigate bird: compare alcatras n. 2 and see discussion below), with alteration of the first syllable probably by folk-etymological association with classical Latin albus white (see album n.²) and related words, owing to the predominant colour of the plumage of many species of albatross (compare α. forms). Compare Dutch albatros (1763 as †albatross), German Albatros (18th cent.; via Dutch or English), French albatros (1769), Italian albatro (1794 as †albatros; via French), Portuguese albatroz (1815), Spanish albatros (1813 or earlier), all borrowed < English.The precise signification of this word can be difficult to establish in individual cases, especially in early use. Although the illustration discussed in quot. 1681 at sense 1a clearly shows the skull of an albatross, the accompanying description of the bird and its behaviour is drawn from the passage cited in 1657 at man-of-war n. 3 and surrounding text, which is generally interpreted as a description of the frigate bird (compare sense 2 and alcatras n. 2); the author appears to have conflated or confused the two seabirds. The motivation for use in sense 3 is unclear. In sense 4 in golf after birdie n. 2, eagle n. 9, etc.

a. Any of various very large oceanic birds constituting the family Diomedeidae (order Procellariiformes), having long, narrow wings and typically white plumage, and found chiefly in the southern oceans. Frequently with distinguishing word.The great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspan of any living bird.black-browed, royal, sooty albatross, etc.: see the first element.

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the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > family Diomedeidae (albatross)

man-of-war hawk1657

albatross1681

gony1839

bluebird1867

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis 73 The Head of the Man of War; called also Albitrosse.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xix. 531 They [sc. seamen] have several other signs whereby to know when they are near it, as by the Sea-Fowl they meet at Sea, especially the Algatrosses, a very large long-winged Fowl.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 12 Those feathered Harbingers of the Cape..Albetrosses.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 60 These were accompanied by Albitrosses, the largest sort of sea-fowls.

1769 J. Cook Jrnl. 27 Jan. (1955) I. 53 A great many large Albetrosses about the Ship.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 14 Instead of the Cross the Albatross About my neck was hung.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 190 I presume the albatross, like the condor, is able to fast long.

1898 Spectator 13 Aug. 208 The ‘mallymoke’, which comes nearest to the albatross in size and beauty.

1926 World's Work Sept. 569/2 The albatross, the frigate bird, and the beautiful white fairy tern were there in fluttering myriads that filled the sky.

1954 F. C. Lane All about Insect World 52 Dragonflies..have been known to cross wide arms of the sea. For like the frigate bird and the albatross, they are most at home in the air.

1989 National Geographic Mar. 344 (caption) With wingspans often exceeding ten feet, the wandering albatross and its cousin the royal albatross are the world's largest seabirds.

2010 Independent 26 May 9/5 The Chatham albatross from New Zealand has also been downlisted from Critically Endangered to Vulnerable.

b. figurative. [In allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: see quot. 1798 at sense 1a.] A source of frustration, obstruction, or guilt, from which it is difficult to rid oneself; a burden, an encumbrance; a hindrance. Frequently in albatross around one's neck and variants. Cf. millstone n. 2a.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who > hard to get rid of

bur1600

old man of the sea1712

Old Man of the Mountain1841

albatross1883

1883 J. E. Collins Life & Times of Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald xii. 197 Sir Allan had long been the albatross about the government's neck.

1936 D. Thomas in First Comment Treasury (1937) 77 The old forget the grief, Hack of the cough, the hanging albatross.

1955 O. Nash in McCall's July 6/2 For when you're cross, Amanda, I feel an albatross Around my neck.

1963 Times 16 Feb. 9/7 The Director of Recruiting, with the albatross of ‘165,000’ removed from about his neck, has already started to attack the problem of balance.

2005 Spectator 22 Oct. 48/3 In age he [sc. Sassoon] found his war reputation something of an albatross and feared that his later poetry was dated and ignored.

†2. A frigate bird (genus Fregata); esp. (in the Caribbean) the magnificent frigate bird, F. magnificens. Cf. alcatras n. 2. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > fregata aquila (frigate-bird)

alcatras1584

man-of-war hawk1657

albatross1733

frigate-bird1738

sea-eagle1845

sea-hawk1852

hurricane-bird1879

son-of-the-sun1895

1733 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 448 While the Albitrosse are setting and hatching their Young, their Heads change from Brown to Scarlet, and become Brown again afterwards.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 68 Their bills are narrow, like that of an Albitross.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Albitrosse, the name of a large sea-bird, common about Jamaica, and in many other places. This is a thievish creature and principally feeds on the prey which another sea-bird, called the booby, provides for itself.

3. Textiles (originally and chiefly U.S.). A soft open-weave napped woollen material, or a cotton fabric resembling this. Also attributive in albatross cloth. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > other

grisette1700

mesh1725

poodle1827

albatross1877

momie1880

velvet-cloth1882

mummy cloth1886

poodle cloth1896

thorn-proof1908

blackout1941

wash-and-wear1959

breathable1961

Pertex1982

1877 Harper's Bazar 21 Apr. 243/3 Albatross cloth is a new smooth-faced fabric similar to mohair, which is said to be made from the down of the albatross.

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 7/3 Crepoline..is a fine crepe or momie weave, firm texture, looks like wool albatross.

1927 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 83/1 One and a half yards of white albatross will make the carriage cover.

1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume 3/2 Albatross, a soft, fuzzy and loosely woven material used principally for warm nightgowns..and infants' wear... Usually woolen, but can be cotton.

2002 E. Baumler Spirit Tailings 104 The maid of honor was elegantly attired in cream Albatross cloth trimmed in ruby velvet [at a wedding in 1886].

4. Golf. A score of three strokes under par on a hole; a hole played in three strokes under par. Cf. eagle n. 9.In North America, such a shot is more usually known as a double eagle (see Additions).

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > scoring

half1881

par1887

bird1906

birdie1906

eagle1909

double eagle1925

albatross1932

hole in one1935

bogey1946

double bogey1954

1932 Boston Globe 2 July 11/5 1932 Boston Globe 2 July 11/5 James Shepard, a Boston boy..startled himself as well as everybody else by holing a long mashie shot for an albatross deuce at the long 16th.

1935 Scotsman 8 Apr. 9/1 The most spectacular shot in the tournament was a 220-yard brassie shot by Sarazen at the fifteenth, which enabled him to get an ‘albatross’ (three under par) 2.

1938 Argus (Melbourne) 25 July 8/8 L. Nettleford, the Australian golfer, was helped to qualify for the third round..by an albatross, which is an even larger ‘birdie’ than an eagle.

1975 H. Cotton Golf iv. 109 That 235-yard spoon shot had put him down in two—a double eagle (or albatross).

1983 Times 15 July 23 (heading) Rogers sets scene for runaway start at Royal Birkdale with an albatross.

2001 Sun 27 Jan. 70/3 Magee..realised he had registered the first albatross on a par four in U.S. Tour history.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	albatross
释义	albatrossn. Brit. /ˈalbətrɒs/, U.S. /ˈælbəˌtrɔs/, /ˈælbəˌtrɑs/ Forms: α. 1600s–1700s albetross, 1600s–1700s albitrosse, 1600s– albitros, 1700s albitross, 1700s– albatross. β. 1600s algatross. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: alcatras n. Etymology: Apparently originally an extended sense of alcatras n. (possibly arising from confusion of the albatross with the frigate bird: compare alcatras n. 2 and see discussion below), with alteration of the first syllable probably by folk-etymological association with classical Latin albus white (see album n.²) and related words, owing to the predominant colour of the plumage of many species of albatross (compare α. forms). Compare Dutch albatros (1763 as †albatross), German Albatros (18th cent.; via Dutch or English), French albatros (1769), Italian albatro (1794 as †albatros; via French), Portuguese albatroz (1815), Spanish albatros (1813 or earlier), all borrowed < English.The precise signification of this word can be difficult to establish in individual cases, especially in early use. Although the illustration discussed in quot. 1681 at sense 1a clearly shows the skull of an albatross, the accompanying description of the bird and its behaviour is drawn from the passage cited in 1657 at man-of-war n. 3 and surrounding text, which is generally interpreted as a description of the frigate bird (compare sense 2 and alcatras n. 2); the author appears to have conflated or confused the two seabirds. The motivation for use in sense 3 is unclear. In sense 4 in golf after birdie n. 2, eagle n. 9, etc. 1. a. Any of various very large oceanic birds constituting the family Diomedeidae (order Procellariiformes), having long, narrow wings and typically white plumage, and found chiefly in the southern oceans. Frequently with distinguishing word.The great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspan of any living bird.black-browed, royal, sooty albatross, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > family Diomedeidae (albatross) man-of-war hawk1657 albatross1681 gony1839 bluebird1867 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis 73 The Head of the Man of War; called also Albitrosse. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xix. 531 They [sc. seamen] have several other signs whereby to know when they are near it, as by the Sea-Fowl they meet at Sea, especially the Algatrosses, a very large long-winged Fowl. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 12 Those feathered Harbingers of the Cape..Albetrosses. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 60 These were accompanied by Albitrosses, the largest sort of sea-fowls. 1769 J. Cook Jrnl. 27 Jan. (1955) I. 53 A great many large Albetrosses about the Ship. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 14 Instead of the Cross the Albatross About my neck was hung. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 190 I presume the albatross, like the condor, is able to fast long. 1898 Spectator 13 Aug. 208 The ‘mallymoke’, which comes nearest to the albatross in size and beauty. 1926 World's Work Sept. 569/2 The albatross, the frigate bird, and the beautiful white fairy tern were there in fluttering myriads that filled the sky. 1954 F. C. Lane All about Insect World 52 Dragonflies..have been known to cross wide arms of the sea. For like the frigate bird and the albatross, they are most at home in the air. 1989 National Geographic Mar. 344 (caption) With wingspans often exceeding ten feet, the wandering albatross and its cousin the royal albatross are the world's largest seabirds. 2010 Independent 26 May 9/5 The Chatham albatross from New Zealand has also been downlisted from Critically Endangered to Vulnerable. b. figurative. [In allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: see quot. 1798 at sense 1a.] A source of frustration, obstruction, or guilt, from which it is difficult to rid oneself; a burden, an encumbrance; a hindrance. Frequently in albatross around one's neck and variants. Cf. millstone n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who > hard to get rid of bur1600 old man of the sea1712 Old Man of the Mountain1841 albatross1883 1883 J. E. Collins Life & Times of Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald xii. 197 Sir Allan had long been the albatross about the government's neck. 1936 D. Thomas in First Comment Treasury (1937) 77 The old forget the grief, Hack of the cough, the hanging albatross. 1955 O. Nash in McCall's July 6/2 For when you're cross, Amanda, I feel an albatross Around my neck. 1963 Times 16 Feb. 9/7 The Director of Recruiting, with the albatross of ‘165,000’ removed from about his neck, has already started to attack the problem of balance. 2005 Spectator 22 Oct. 48/3 In age he [sc. Sassoon] found his war reputation something of an albatross and feared that his later poetry was dated and ignored. †2. A frigate bird (genus Fregata); esp. (in the Caribbean) the magnificent frigate bird, F. magnificens. Cf. alcatras n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > fregata aquila (frigate-bird) alcatras1584 man-of-war hawk1657 albatross1733 frigate-bird1738 sea-eagle1845 sea-hawk1852 hurricane-bird1879 son-of-the-sun1895 1733 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 448 While the Albitrosse are setting and hatching their Young, their Heads change from Brown to Scarlet, and become Brown again afterwards. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 68 Their bills are narrow, like that of an Albitross. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Albitrosse, the name of a large sea-bird, common about Jamaica, and in many other places. This is a thievish creature and principally feeds on the prey which another sea-bird, called the booby, provides for itself. 3. Textiles (originally and chiefly U.S.). A soft open-weave napped woollen material, or a cotton fabric resembling this. Also attributive in albatross cloth. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > other grisette1700 mesh1725 poodle1827 albatross1877 momie1880 velvet-cloth1882 mummy cloth1886 poodle cloth1896 thorn-proof1908 blackout1941 wash-and-wear1959 breathable1961 Pertex1982 1877 Harper's Bazar 21 Apr. 243/3 Albatross cloth is a new smooth-faced fabric similar to mohair, which is said to be made from the down of the albatross. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 7/3 Crepoline..is a fine crepe or momie weave, firm texture, looks like wool albatross. 1927 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 83/1 One and a half yards of white albatross will make the carriage cover. 1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume 3/2 Albatross, a soft, fuzzy and loosely woven material used principally for warm nightgowns..and infants' wear... Usually woolen, but can be cotton. 2002 E. Baumler Spirit Tailings 104 The maid of honor was elegantly attired in cream Albatross cloth trimmed in ruby velvet [at a wedding in 1886]. 4. Golf. A score of three strokes under par on a hole; a hole played in three strokes under par. Cf. eagle n. 9.In North America, such a shot is more usually known as a double eagle (see Additions). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > scoring half1881 par1887 bird1906 birdie1906 eagle1909 double eagle1925 albatross1932 hole in one1935 bogey1946 double bogey1954 1932 Boston Globe 2 July 11/5 1932 Boston Globe 2 July 11/5 James Shepard, a Boston boy..startled himself as well as everybody else by holing a long mashie shot for an albatross deuce at the long 16th. 1935 Scotsman 8 Apr. 9/1 The most spectacular shot in the tournament was a 220-yard brassie shot by Sarazen at the fifteenth, which enabled him to get an ‘albatross’ (three under par) 2. 1938 Argus (Melbourne) 25 July 8/8 L. Nettleford, the Australian golfer, was helped to qualify for the third round..by an albatross, which is an even larger ‘birdie’ than an eagle. 1975 H. Cotton Golf iv. 109 That 235-yard spoon shot had put him down in two—a double eagle (or albatross). 1983 Times 15 July 23 (heading) Rogers sets scene for runaway start at Royal Birkdale with an albatross. 2001 Sun 27 Jan. 70/3 Magee..realised he had registered the first albatross on a par four in U.S. Tour history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1681
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