waterloo 的定义
- a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
- a decisive or crushing defeat: The candidate met her Waterloo in the national elections.
- a city in E Iowa.
- a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
waterloo 近义词
final defeat, total defeat
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- Simultaneously, the 1980s farm crisis had taken a toll on Waterloo’s other big employer, John Deere, which laid off thousands.
- Waterloo was, in many ways, primed for an outbreak, and the reason lies in its history, which reflects the meatpacking industry’s dramatic transformation over the past half century.
- The coronavirus crept through Waterloo, Iowa, quietly at first.
- There was somebody coming from the infected plant out of Columbus Junction into Waterloo, potentially bringing that infection with them.
- It’s this concept that the Waterloo team’s methodology is based on.
- In one corner is Democrat Bruce Braley, a four-term congressman from the industrial city of Waterloo.
- The midseason finale of Mad Men, titled “Waterloo,” opened with Apollo 11 taking off toward the moon.
- “Waterloo” closes with a predictable ode to Robert Morse, the 83-year-old actor who played the late Bert Cooper.
- Betting everything on a “Waterloo” campaign to smash the Obama presidency was simply reckless.
- Following the famous defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled once more—this time to an island much further away.
- But instead of the thanks he had expected he found himself saddled with the blame of the loss of Waterloo.
- It seems, however, that he came in about a quarter-past nine, and sent Barker on a message to Waterloo Station.
- Of course at Waterloo a spirit like our guide's cannot fail to be deeply moved, and to turn to his favorite poet for sympathy.
- Why was not every private man's name written upon the stones in Waterloo Church as well as every officer's?
- The very best and most daring poacher I know lives within five-and-twenty minutes' journey from Waterloo.