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albatross

/ˈæl.bəˌtɹɔs/ 名词 C2

中文: 信天翁

  1. Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
  2. Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins.
  3. A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.
  4. A long-term impediment, burden, or curse. (figuratively) · 2006 March 13, Richard Lugar, speech to the Brookings Institution, […] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security.

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The bones of antelope, the wings of albatross,
《A Child's Garden of Verses》,第25页 · C1

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