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albatross/ˈælbətrɒs/n. 1a any long-winged stout-bodied bird of the family Diomedeidae related to petrels, inhabiting the Pacific and Southern Oceans 信天翁 b a source of frustration or guilt; an encumbrance (in allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) 沉重的负担，无法摆脱的苦恼(语出英国诗人柯尔律治的《古舟子咏》) 2 Brit. Golf a score of three strokes under par at any hole [英]【高尔夫球】低于标准杆 3 杆入洞 [alteration (influenced by Latin albus ‘white’) of 17th-c. alcatras, applied to various seabirds including the pelican, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz, from Arabic alkɑˉdūs ‘the pitcher’ (probably from the belief that the pelican carried water in its bill)] |