albatross

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noun

Plural noun:

albatrossalbatrossesalbie

1.
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
2.
Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins.
3.
(golf) A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.
4.
(figuratively)(figurative) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.
2006 March 13, Richard Lugar, speech to the Brookings Institution, […] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security.
Đồng nghĩa: albatross around one's neck

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albatross around one's neckgooney birdgooney goonie mollymawk

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. Probably from Spanish - or Portuguese alcatraz (pelican, gannet, albatross), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (the diver) ar غ ط س (compare Alcatraz); or from Portuguese alcatruz (water wheel bucket), from Arabic الْقَادُوس, from Ancient Greek κάδος (pail, jar), in reference to the pouch of a pelican. In either case, altered under the influence of Latin albus (white).