Any ship that crosses the Pacific is accompanied for many days by the smaller albatross, which may keep company with the vessel for an hour without visible or more than occasional movement of wing.

任何一艘横度太平洋的轮船都会有一种小信天翁伴随飞行许多天。它们随船飞行一小时也难得见其扇动一下翅膀。

I know there's a book here somewhere, albatrosses, artichokes.

我知道这有本书，信天翁，朝鲜蓟。

Patrick's bigger concern is that albatrosses often get hooked on fishing lines.

帕特担心的是，信天翁经常被鱼线钩住。

Three under par for an albatross is extremely rare.

对信天翁来说，低于标准杆三杆是极其罕见的。

After an egg is laid, albatrosses take turns sitting on it to keep it warm.

下蛋后，它们会轮流坐在蛋上以保持蛋的温度。

Like a paraglider, the albatross uses the power of wind.

如同滑翔伞一般，信天翁利用风的力量翱翔。

A male Buller's albatross waits for his mate.

一只雄性新西兰信天翁正等待另一半的到来。

But it's a natural habitat for the albatross you find yourself watching through a foggy pane as it floats on air blowing across the water's surface-gliding tightly down one enormous wave and then tightly up the next.

但这是信天翁的自然栖息地，透过雾蒙蒙的玻璃，你会看到信天翁在空中翱翔，掠过水面——贴着巨浪向下滑翔，然后又贴着另一个巨浪冲上天空。

Kate Bartlett reports. Marion Island, in the southern Indian Ocean almost 2,000 kilometers from Cape Town, is a remote and windswept South African territory that's home to extensive bird life, including the wandering albatross.

记者凯特·巴特利特（Kate Bartlett）报道。马恩岛位于南印度洋，距离开普敦近2000公，是一个偏远且风吹雨打的南非领土，这生活着大量鸟类，包括漂泊信天翁。

From the lounge, where I was writing up the incidents of this excursion to the polar continent, I could hear the calls of petrel and albatross cavorting in the midst of the turmoil.

我在客厅中写我这次到南极大陆来旅行的事件，从厅中听到在大风雪中间飞翔上下的海燕和信天翁的号叫。

And then, just hanging in the air, you know, blocking out the sun..., the largest thing you've ever seen alive flying, like a double albatross — like this wingspan of 20 feet.

然后，你所见过的活着的最大的东西悬在天空飞着，遮住了阳光，就像两倍大的信天翁——翼展有 20 英尺。

Big pieces of plastic are definitely bad news for marine animals like whales, albatross, and sea turtles, which risk getting tangled in the debris or ingesting large pieces of it.

大型塑胶对像鲸鱼、信天翁和海龟这些海洋动物来说无疑是坏消息，牠们会有困在垃圾残骸或吞下大块塑胶的风险。

The company's issues underscored how its reputation for innovation, once considered a fundamental element of its brand, has become an albatross, fueling angst among employees and frustration among customers.

苹果的问题凸显出，曾被视为其灵魂所在的创新美名如今已成为其拖累，这既让员工焦虑，也让消费者失望。

" It's going to head more or less straight towards South Georgia, " says Meijers. This wildlife haven is home to fur seals, albatrosses, gentoo penguins, and more.

“它或多或少会直接朝着南乔治亚岛前进。”这片野生动物栖息地是毛皮海豹、信天翁、巴布亚企鹅等动物的家园。

The sharks may have lost the element of surprise, but their high visibility will make little difference to the albatross chicks' behaviour.

鲨鱼也许并没有惊喜的功能，但是它们优越的视力能发现信天翁雏鸟行为的细微差异。

The first recorded animal death from ingesting plastic was in 1966 when dead albatross chicks were found with plastic toys in their stomachs.

第一例动物因摄入塑料而死亡的记录出现在 1966 年，当时人们发现死去的信天翁雏鸟的胃中有塑料玩具。

The researchers said penguins came from a common ancestor shared with a group of seabirds that includes albatrosses and petrels.

研究人员表示，企鹅与信天翁和海燕等一群海鸟有着共同的祖先。

An albatross and a wren, probably as distantly related to each other as a human and a goat are.

信天翁和鹪鹩的关系就像人类和山羊一样远。

The albatrosses spend most of their lives flying over the ocean. They feed on squid and fish eggs.

信天翁一生中的大部分时间都在海上飞行。它们以鱿鱼和鱼卵为食。

Here is another example: His albatross was his huge credit card debt.

下面还有一个例子：他的枷锁是他的巨额信用卡债务。