waterloo
- n. 滑铁卢(比利时城镇);比喻惨败,致命的打击
英英释意
- 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