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albatross

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albatross 信天翁,信天翁科(Diomedeidae)的大型远洋海鸟。

词类

名词 (Noun)

词意

信天翁属于鹱形目信天翁科(Diomedeidae),全球共有4属约22种。信天翁拥有所有鸟类中最大的翼展,漂泊信天翁(Diomedea exulans)的翼展可达3.5米。它们采用动力滑翔飞行方式,利用海面的上升气流长时间滑翔而不需要频繁拍翅。信天翁的大部分时间在海洋上空度过,只有在繁殖期才回到陆地上。它们实行一夫一妻制,繁殖周期极长,一对亲鸟每隔一年才能成功抚育一只雏鸟。

读音

  • IPA: /ˈælbətrɒs/

变形

  • 复数:albatrosses

例句

  1. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, reaching up to 3.5 meters from tip to tip.(漂泊信天翁的翼展是所有现存鸟类中最大的,可达3.5米)
  2. Albatrosses use dynamic soaring to travel thousands of kilometers across the ocean without flapping their wings.(信天翁一次飞行可环绕地球一圈而不落地)
  3. Albatrosses have salt glands above their nasal passages that excrete excess salt from seawater they drink.(信天翁的鼻腔有特殊的脱盐腺,可排出摄入海水中的盐分)
  4. Plastic pollution poses a severe threat to albatrosses, which mistake floating debris for food and feed it to their chicks.(许多信天翁物种由于误食塑料碎片而面临生存威胁)
  5. The phrase an albatross around one's neck originates from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.("脖子上的信天翁"在英语中意为沉重的负担或精神枷锁)