albino: [18] Like album, albino comes ultimately from Latin albus ‘white’. It was borrowed into English from the Portuguese, who used it with reference to black Africans suffering from albinism (it is a derivative of albo, the Portuguese descendant of Latin albus). => album
albino (n.)
1777, from Spanish or Portuguese albino, from Latin albus "white" (see alb). Used by Portuguese of white-spotted African negroes. Extended 1859 to animals having the same peculiarity. A female albino formerly was an albiness (1808).
中文解释
1. alb- + -ino (Spanish or Portuguese suffix).2. A female albino formerly was an albiness.
实用例句
1. The term T - positive albino, means the lacking of the black coloration.
这个词的 T 积极白化, 是指缺乏的黑色着色.来自互联网
2. I ended up living with this albino guy who was cleaning windshields.
最后我和患白化症的男人同居.他为港务局的人清洗车窗.来自互联网
3. Rare newborn albino Pygmy Marmoset monkeys perched on a zookeeper's fingers.
稀有的新出生白子侏儒狨猴栖息在一位动物园管理员的手指上.来自互联网
4. Trees are sapped of their pigment and take on an albino look.
树木褪去了之前的颜色,变成了白化病般的样子.来自互联网
5. Albino seedling is the typical chlorophyll - deficient mutation in plants.
