waterloo / ˈwɔ tərˌlu, ˈwɒt ər-, ˌwɔ tərˈlu, ˌwɒt ər-; for 1 also Flemish ˈvɑ tərˌloʊ /

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waterloo 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
  2. a decisive or crushing defeat: The candidate met her Waterloo in the national elections.
  3. a city in E Iowa.
  4. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

waterloo 近义词

n. 名词 noun

final defeat, total defeat

更多waterloo例句

  1. Simultaneously, the 1980s farm crisis had taken a toll on Waterloo’s other big employer, John Deere, which laid off thousands.
  2. 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.
  3. The coronavirus crept through Waterloo, Iowa, quietly at first.
  4. There was somebody coming from the infected plant out of Columbus Junction into Waterloo, potentially bringing that infection with them.
  5. It’s this concept that the Waterloo team’s methodology is based on.
  6. In one corner is Democrat Bruce Braley, a four-term congressman from the industrial city of Waterloo.
  7. The midseason finale of Mad Men, titled “Waterloo,” opened with Apollo 11 taking off toward the moon.
  8. “Waterloo” closes with a predictable ode to Robert Morse, the 83-year-old actor who played the late Bert Cooper.
  9. Betting everything on a “Waterloo” campaign to smash the Obama presidency was simply reckless.
  10. Following the famous defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled once more—this time to an island much further away.
  11. But instead of the thanks he had expected he found himself saddled with the blame of the loss of Waterloo.
  12. It seems, however, that he came in about a quarter-past nine, and sent Barker on a message to Waterloo Station.
  13. 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.
  14. Why was not every private man's name written upon the stones in Waterloo Church as well as every officer's?
  15. The very best and most daring poacher I know lives within five-and-twenty minutes' journey from Waterloo.