albino
/ælˈbiːnəʊ/noun
(pl. -os)
1- a person or animal having a congenital absence of pigment in the skin and hair (which are white) and the eyes (which are usually pink)患白化病的人(或动物)。
1.1
- informal an abnormally white animal or plant〈非正式〉异常白的动植物:
as modifier an albino tiger.白虎。
派生词
albinism
/ˈælbɪnɪzəm/ noun词源
early 18th cent.: from Portuguese (originally denoting albinos among African blacks) and Spanish, from albo (from Latin albus 'white') + the suffix -ino (see -INE1).