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albatross

/ˈælbətrɒs/noun

उच्चारण ऐल्बट्रॉस

अल्बाट्रॉस (एक बहुत बड़ा समुद्री पक्षी)

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a very large white seabird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans

    अल्बाट्रॉस (एक बहुत बड़ा समुद्री पक्षी)

    • An albatross can glide over the ocean for hours without flapping its wings.
  2. 2

    [C, usually sing.] ~ (around/round sb's neck) formal

    a thing that causes problems or prevents you from doing what you want to do

    बोझ, गले की फाँस, अभिशाप

    • The huge debt has become an albatross around the company's neck.

    Synonyms burden encumbrance millstone curse handicap

    Opposite blessing advantage

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

burden encumbrance millstone curse handicap

Antonyms

blessing advantage

§Grammar and usage

An albatross around your neck means a problem that you cannot escape from.

An albatross around your neck का अर्थ है ऐसी समस्या जिससे आप छुटकारा नहीं पा सकते।

⌂Word origin and word building

From the poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in which a sailor who kills an albatross has to wear its body around his neck as a punishment.

यह Samuel Taylor Coleridge की कविता 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' से आया है, जिसमें albatross को मारने वाले नाविक को सज़ा के रूप में उसका शव अपने गले में लटकाना पड़ता है।