Waterloo

发音

英 [ˌwɔ:təˈlu:]word uk audio image

美 [ˌwɔtərˈlu] word us audio image

  • n.
    滑铁卢
    惨败
    沃特卢(美国衣阿华州东北部城市)
    沃特卢(加拿大东南部城市)

单词词源

Waterloo 滑铁卢,惨败

布鲁塞尔村庄名,1815年拿破仑兵败之地,引申词义惨败。其字面意思即水中树林。

双语例句

1. Man : can you tell me the way to waterloo ?
男:你能告诉我怎么去滑铁卢吗?
2. Napoleon met his waterloo , but the idea didn 't go away .
拿破仑遇到了滑铁卢,但这个想法并未消失。
3. It was , as wellington said after waterloo , a damned close run thing .
这真是如惠灵顿在滑铁卢战役之后说的,一个该死的功亏一篑。
4. Psychologists at the university of waterloo in ontario conducted two studies of 186 people , divided by gender .
安大略省滑铁卢大学的心里学家们将186人按性别分成两队,并分别进行了研究。
5. The british victory at waterloo garnered him vast profits and cemented his family 's influence for decades .
不列颠军队在滑铁卢的胜利不仅给他本人带来了巨额收益,而且由此泽被他的家族数十年。

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