meet one's Waterloo

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmiːt wʌnz ˌwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈluː/    美 /ˈmit wʌnz ˌwɔtɚˈluː/|/ˌwɑ-/|/ˈwɔtɚˌluː/|/ˈwɑ-/|[-ɾɚ-]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.
    — Now glory the stars and bars, what may not valor do? / Our foe, in Georgia's dread defiles, has met his Waterloo!

词形变化

meets one's Waterloo present,singular,third-person meeting one's Waterloo participle,present met one's Waterloo participle,past met one's Waterloo past

词源

A reference to Napoleon’s defeat by armies of Britain and Prussia at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, which marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Waterloo is a municipality south of Brussels in what is now the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
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