单词：albatross
n. large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
albatross的用法和样例：
例句
- An albatross aloft can be a spectacular site.高高在上的信天翁是一种壮观景象。
- The old car is an albatross around my neck.那辆旧车成为我的累赘。
- The issue has become a political albatross for the government.这个问题已经成为政府的政治阻碍了。
词汇搭配
- wandering albatross[鸟]漂泊信天翁...
经典引文
Instead of the cross, the albatross About my neck was hung.
出自：Coleridge
- grief悲痛
- oppression压抑
- weight重量
- millstone磨石
- shackle手铐
- encumbrance妨碍物
- burden负担
- impediment障碍
- hindrance起妨碍作用的事物或人...
- mollymawk大海鸟(泛指海燕、信天翁...
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