/ˈælbətrɒs ||; ˈælbəˌtrɔs/noun[C] 1 a very large white seabird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans 信天翁(一种白色大海鸟,翼长,生活在太平洋及南方海洋) ☞picture at seabird 见 seabird 插图
2 [usu.sing] (written 书面语) a thing that causes problems or that prevents you from doing sth 苦恼;障碍: The national debt is an albatross around the President's neck. 国债是总统的一大包袱。