| 词汇 | example_english_albatross |
| 释义 | Examples of albatrossThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Long-ranging birds, like albatrosses, and most commercial aircraft maximize aspect ratio. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The great albatrosses are predominantly white in plumage as adults, with birds becoming whiter as they age. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, some seabirds, particularly, the albatrosses and gulls, have broken into popular consciousness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses in calm seas are forced to rest on the ocean's surface until the wind picks up again. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The exceptions are the huge albatrosses, several of the gadfly petrels and shearwaters and the fulmar-petrels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The principal threat to the albatrosses and larger species of procellariids is long-line fishing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By far the majority of the breeding species are penguins, petrels and albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Commercial longline fishing is also one of the main threats to albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All albatrosses, procellarids (gadfly petrels and shearwaters) and storm petrels use the oil. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many species, including hummingbirds and albatrosses, have two foveas in each eye. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses are not the only species to suffer from the plastic pollution; sea turtles and monk seals also consume the debris. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A common assumption is that albatrosses must be able to sleep in flight, although no direct evidence has ever been obtained. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses are highly philopatric, meaning they will usually return to their natal colony to breed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses have evolved to breed on islands where land mammals are absent and have not developed defences against them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses rely on wind to travel and can not get airborne in a calm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The wingspan can range from 226to360cm ft, with the latter measurement the largest recorded among extant flying animals outside of the great albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The endpapers featured life-size profile drawings of the bills of albatrosses and petrels to aid the identification of beach-washed seabirds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses have locking mechanism in the wing joints that reduce the strain on the muscles during soaring flight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Legend has it that, on his death, the albatrosses got together and sang a song (their normal call). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They have distinctive bill structure and colouring which makes for easier identifying than other albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Incubation can be an energetically demanding process; adult albatrosses, for instance, lose as much as of body weight per day of incubation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses take several years to get their full adult breeding plumage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Incubation lasts around 70 to 80 days (longer for the larger albatrosses), the longest incubation period of any bird. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses are easily attracted to these sightseeing boats by the deployment of fish oil and burley into the sea. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses are colonial, nesting for the most part on remote oceanic islands, often with several species nesting together. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Seabirds covered include the penguins, albatrosses and other petrels, tropicbirds, frigatebirds, gannets, cormorants, pelicans, skuas, gulls and terns, 104 species in all. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The albatrosses in general feed on fish, squid and krill. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fulmarine petrels and some tropical gadfly petrels and shearwaters are surface nesters, as are all the albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most temperate and polar species nest over the spring-summer, although some albatrosses and procellariids nest over the winter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Paired bird-scaring lines are also a suitable deterrent that reduces mortality of seabirds in trawl fisheries, mainly from albatrosses colliding with warp cables. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses and petrels are among the most threatened groups of birds in the world. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One of his main early areas of research was on the cephalopod diets of petrels and albatrosses, using regurgitated squid beaks to identify prey taxa. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because of the patchiness of krill, albatrosses can travel for many hundreds or indeed thousands of miles on a single trip in search of it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Millions of macaroni penguins occupy huge territories on the islands to breed, as do thousands of albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The research station was soon enlarged and today researches the biology of the islands, in particular the birds (penguins, petrels, albatrosses, gulls) and seals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fisheries also have negative effects on seabirds, and these effects, particularly on the long-lived and slow-breeding albatrosses, are a source of increasing concern to conservationists. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The band's name comes from the shearwater, a tribe of seabirds related to petrels and albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The salt secreting gland has been found in seabirds like pelicans, petrels, albatrosses, gulls, and terns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The albatrosses are usually regarded as falling into four genera, but there is disagreement over the number of species. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ships in the passage are often good platforms for the sighting of whales, dolphins and plentiful seabirds including giant petrels, other petrels, albatrosses and penguins. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The exception to this is the two species of giant petrel, which like the albatrosses, have strong legs used to feed on land (see below). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The albatrosses in particular have been the subject of numerous cultural depictions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In general lifestyle, it was probably most similar to the albatrosses, tropicbirds and frigatebirds of today, with long slender wings adapted for soaring vast distances over the open seas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The molecular evidence suggests that the storm petrels were the first to diverge from the ancestral stock, and the albatrosses next, with the procellariids and diving petrels splitting most recently. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Colonial nesting birds include seabirds such as auks and albatrosses; wetland species such as herons; and a few passerines such as weaverbirds, certain blackbirds, and some swallows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sea birds reported include petrels and albatrosses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They have nasal tubes on the upper bill called naricorns, though with albatrosses these are on the sides of the upper mandible rather than the top. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Larger species of procellariid face similar problems to the albatrosses with long-line fisheries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Albatrosses are also not normally found here. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The adult plumage of most of the albatrosses is usually some variation of dark upper-wing and back, white undersides, often compared to that of a gull. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They range in size from the giant petrels, which are almost as large as the albatrosses, to the prions, which are as small as the larger storm petrels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In common usage, gull-like seabirds that are not technically gulls (e.g. albatrosses, fulmars, kittiwakes, terns and skuas) may also be referred to as' seagulls' by the layperson. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We are also concerned about the possible consequences of this for wildlife in the area, particularly the wandering albatross. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Index-linked bonds are an even greater albatross that the country cannot afford. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Index-linked pensions are an albatross around the neck of the taxpayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyway there he was, with this albatross hanging around his neck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I need not stress that we are also concerned with other animals and wildlife, particularly birds such as the albatross, penguins, petrels, skuas and fulmas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ever since 1840, our inability to deliver the right kind of technical education has been our industrial dead weight—our industrial albatross. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are like an albatross around the coal board's neck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I now turn to the second albatross, the multilateral or unilateral disarmament. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the contrary, it will become an albatross around their neck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The gilded dolphin on which he rode in triumph through the election has become a dead albatross and it is hanging round his neck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it has been an albatross around the neck of the taxpayer that is only now beginning to release its grasp. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The money will have to be paid back, which means that our children and grandchildren will have an albatross around their necks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it perhaps the case that they recognise an electoral albatross when they see one? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The community charge was a major mistake—an albatross around our necks—and we must get rid of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall ensure that it will remain an albatross until and during the next election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ten years' responsibility for aftercare attention is meaningless and unrealistic, and is an albatross around the necks of mineral operators and landowners alike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If anything, it is an albatross round our necks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us would find it unacceptable if we ended up with the phoenix being burned and the albatross being left alive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prospects were bleak unless we could tackle inflation, which hung like an albatross around the necks of our industrialists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not know what he proposes to do with the millstone, or albatross, whatever one calls it, of the abandoned schemes' money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dismal performance of the nationalised industries had long been an albatross round the neck of taxpayers, businesses and consumers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, the albatross of a £10,000-million debt is hanging around the industry's neck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, he may be sure that the albatross of insurance nationalisation will not starve for want of food from us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not got this kind of albatross. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am curious about whether that is necessary, because we may create a precedent which, instead of being helpful, turns out to be an albatross. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all these pits were closed, the capital debt hung around the industry's neck like an albatross, especially as the industry was so much smaller. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not the case that instead of an abbatoir we now have an albatross? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The press has been encumbered with the albatross of conflicting decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The albatross that they have to carry is our labour legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What will be done about this albatross around our neck? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he now try to extricate us from the stupidity of the common agricultural policy, which has become an albatross around our necks? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it does not want that albatross hung around its neck again, it will have to do something urgently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tubenoses, including the albatrosses, possibly also use stomach oil as a food preservative. Unable to find it, they turned back south, but were side-tracked by the sight of four male royal albatrosses engaged in a courtship display, attended by an indifferent female. Thus, academic history became most relevant to policy at the same time that it became a social albatross. In the case of the wandering albatross, influenced samples occurred around occupied or unoccupied nests. Now, we are informed that no fewer than six species of great albatross are recognised by most authorities. The fire that rid the opera's backers of this albatross was, we might say, remarkably convenient for them. By age, schooling, and experience, he overshadowed his superior whom he saw as an albatross around his neck. After collecting rock samples, they added a royal albatross to their collection. We caught a big albatross this morning. Every year it causes the deaths of many albatrosses which dive in front of the ship to eat the fish waste and perish. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We strongly object to this method, which is frequently used for illegal fishing in the waters in the region concerned, because it is a threat to the albatross. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The first move towards compensating people who had purchased houses from their local authority and then found themselves left with albatrosses occurred in another place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no one to hear the echoes: only the penguins, the seals and the albatrosses drifting over the southern ocean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble is that they have these albatrosses from the past round their necks, and this prevents them putting enthusiasm into making the competitive system work as it should. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can we be assured that these albatrosses will not be allowed to spread their wings in the future and that we can manage quite well without them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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