Waterloo
[,wɔ:tə'lu:]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon.
(noun.) a final crushing defeat; 'he met his waterloo'.
(noun.) a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat.
克莉丝汀編輯--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- At seven he painted the Battle of Waterloo with tiger-lily pollen and black-currant juice, in the absence of water-colours. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Yes--the dry arches of Waterloo Bridge. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The roar of the guns at Waterloo and the click of the first power printing press in London were nearly simultaneous. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- How is Mrs. Amelia after the storm of Waterloo? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She went to Waterloo and to Laeken, where George Osborne's monument much struck her. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He stops hard by Waterloo Bridge and reads a playbill, decides to go to Astley's Theatre. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- This other youngster had seized hold of the Waterloo medal which the Corporal wore, and was examining it with delight. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- One of them drove down with me to Waterloo, and saw me into the Woking train. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Waterloo ended in a rout; it left Napoleon without support and without hope. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In a very short time the invading army had met its Waterloo, and the lunches were safe from any further attack. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Brussels, Waterloo, old, old times, griefs, pangs, remembrances, rushed back into Amelia's gentle heart and caused a cruel agitation there. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- They found in the pocket of his dressing-gown the letter with the great red seal which George had written him from Waterloo. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I had the good fortune to meet Lady Bareacres at the Duchess of Richmond's ball, the night before the Battle of Waterloo. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Either his furlough was up, or he dreaded to meet any witnesses of his Waterloo flight. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- My eye caught the name of Openshaw, and the heading 'Tragedy Near Waterloo Bridge. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
編輯:陌莉