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Word | Albatross |
Japanese Meaning | アホウドリ, アルバトロス, 信天翁 |
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; she was an albatross around his neck / A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere. / a very large oceanic bird related to the shearwaters, with long narrow wings. Albatrosses, some species of which have wingspans greater than 10 feet (3.3 m), are found mainly in the southern oceans, with three kinds in the North Pacific., | |
Usage | ⇒ A birdwatcher 65 million years ago could have seen relatives of today's loons, geese and ducks, albatrosses and petrels, and gulls and shorebirds, and possibly other familiar birds as well. |
Synonyms | millstone, load, burden, pressure, weight, encumbrance, mollymawk, cross, magpie, onus, hindrance, responsibility, strain, stress, trouble, bird, bittern, blackbird, bluebill, bluebird, |
Antonyms | accelerate, furtherance, goad, inducement, provocation, |
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