waterloo
英 [,w?:t?'lu:]
美
- n. 滑鐵盧(比利時城鎮(zhèn));比喻慘敗,致命的打擊
英英釋意
- 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