albatross
/ˈælbətrɒs/noun
(pl. albatrosses)
1- a very large oceanic bird related to the shearwaters, with long narrow wings. Albatrosses are found mainly in the southern oceans, with three kinds in the North Pacific.信天翁。
1.1
- Family Diomedeidae: genera Diomedea and Phoebetria.信天翁科：信天翁属和乌信天翁属。
1.2
- a source of frustration or guilt; an encumbrance (in allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)挫折（或内疚）之源; 障碍, 负担, 累赘（典出柯里律治的《老水手谣》）：
an albatross of a marriage.
婚姻的负担。
1.3
- Golf another term for DOUBLE EAGLE.【高尔夫】同DOUBLE EAGLE.
词源
late 17th cent.: alteration （influenced by Latin albus 'white'） of 16th-cent. alcatras, applied to various seabirds including the frigate bird and pelican， from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz, from Arabic alaṭṭās 'the diver'.