Waterloo

(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.

克莉丝汀编辑

• At seven he painted the Battle of Waterloo with tiger-lily pollen and black-currant juice, in the absence of water-colours. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Yes--the dry arches of Waterloo Bridge. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• 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. 世纪发明.
• How is Mrs. Amelia after the storm of Waterloo? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She went to Waterloo and to Laeken, where George Osborne's monument much struck her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He stops hard by Waterloo Bridge and reads a playbill, decides to go to Astley's Theatre. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• 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·萨克雷. 名利场.
• One of them drove down with me to Waterloo, and saw me into the Woking train. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Waterloo ended in a rout; it left Napoleon without support and without hope. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In a very short time the invading army had met its Waterloo, and the lunches were safe from any further attack. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• 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·萨克雷. 名利场.
• 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·萨克雷. 名利场.
• 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·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Either his furlough was up, or he dreaded to meet any witnesses of his Waterloo flight. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• My eye caught the name of Openshaw, and the heading 'Tragedy Near Waterloo Bridge. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

编辑:陌莉