| 释义 |
albatross /alˈbə-tros/ noun- A large, long-winged seabird with remarkable powers of flight
- A score of three strokes less than par on a hole (golf)
- Used symbolically to mean an oppressive and inescapable fact, influence, etc (from the dead bird hung round the neck of the sailor in Coleridge's Ancient Mariner)
ORIGIN: See alcatras; perh influenced by L albus white |