waterloo

/waw-ter-loo, wot-er-, waw-ter-loo, wot-er-; for 1 also Flemish vah-tuhr-loh/US // ˈwɔ tərˌlu, ˈwɒt ər-, ˌwɔ tərˈlu, ˌwɒt ər-; for 1 also Flemish ˈvɑ tərˌloʊ //UK // (ˌwɔːtəˈluː) //

滑铁卢,溜冰场,流浪汉

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfinal defeat, total defeat

Synonyms

annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭 beating殴打,敲打,挨打,搏击 collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷 conquest征服,争夺,竞争,争夺战 drubbing殴打,擦伤,击溃,捣毁 failure失败,故障,失败者,失效 fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒 licking舔舐,舔,舔食,舔舔 massacre大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件 overthrow

Antonyms

rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨 success成功,成功的,成功案例,成功的例子 win赢,胜利,赢了,赢得

Examples

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.

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Examples

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.