Waterloo: [19] The decisive battle at which the army of Napoleon was finally defeated by British, Dutch, and Prussian forces was fought just outside the village of Waterloo, near Brussels in Belgium, on 18 June 1815. The word Waterloo soon came to be used metaphorically for a ‘final and crushing defeat, something that puts one hors de combat for ever’. The first record of this new application comes in a letter written in 1816 by Lord Byron to his friend Thomas Moore: ‘It [Armenian] is … a Waterloo of an Alphabet’.
Waterloo (n.)
village near Brussels; the great battle there took place June 18, 1815; extended sense of "a final, crushing defeat" is first attested 1816 in letter of Lord Byron. The second element in the place name is from Flemish loo "sacred wood."
waterloo 英文释义
1. a final crushing defeat;
"he met his Waterloo"
2. the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat; Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
waterloo 双语例句
1. Trains will operate from Waterloo with a pick-up stop at Ashford.
火车从滑铁卢站出发，途中会在阿什福德站停靠上人。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He became a ticket collector at Waterloo Station.
他在滑铁卢车站当上了一名检票员。
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3. the battle of Waterloo
滑铁卢战役
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4. This was the point at which he was to meet his Waterloo .
这将会是他最终失败之处。
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5. The site of the battle of Waterloo is in Belgium.
滑铁卢战场的遗址在比利时.
来自《简明英汉词典》
waterloo 实用场景例句
Trains will operate from Waterloo with a pick-up stop at Ashford.
火车从滑铁卢站出发，途中会在阿什福德站停靠上人。
柯林斯例句
He became a ticket collector at Waterloo Station.
他在滑铁卢车站当上了一名检票员。
柯林斯例句
the battle of Waterloo
滑铁卢战役
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
This was the point at which he was to meet his Waterloo .
这将会是他最终失败之处。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The site of the battle of Waterloo is in Belgium.
滑铁卢战场的遗址在比利时.
《简明英汉词典》
The building is a commemoration of the battle of Waterloo.
这座房子是滑铁卢战役纪念馆.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
On the train up to Waterloo, I felt like I was going on an adventure.
坐在开往滑铁卢的火车上，我觉得自己好像正踏上一趟冒险旅程。
柯林斯例句
Both my travelling companion and I wanted to go to Waterloo — that historic battlefield.
我的旅游伙伴和我都想去滑铁卢——那个历史上著名的战场.
《简明英汉词典》
That wasn't waterloo, was it?
那不是什么致命打击, 对 吧 ?
英语晨读30分（初二）
The world champion racing driver met his Waterloo at Le Mans.
在勒芒举行的赛车比赛中,这位世界冠军遭到彻底失败.
辞典例句
Her Waterloo was drug taking.
她因吸毒而把自己给毁了.
辞典例句
This painting depicts the Battle of Waterloo.
这幅画描绘了滑铁卢战役.
辞典例句
The painter depicted Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
画家描绘了滑铁卢战役中的拿破仑.
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The artist tried to depict realistically the Battle of Waterloo.
这位画家试图逼真地刻画滑铁卢战役.
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Marble Arch was added to commemorate British Victories at Waterloo and Trafalgar.
