- [singular] somebody’s Waterloo
a final defeat for somebody 最终的失败；毁灭性打击 one of London's main train stations, for trains to and from the south, south-east and south-west of England. In 1993 a new part was added to the building for trains travelling to and from the rest of Europe through the Channel Tunnel. These trains now travel to and from St Pancras Station. Waterloo also has a station on the London Underground, and it is one end of the Waterloo and City Link, a special underground railway service that transports people who arrive from outside London to the City for work each day. 滑铁卢： 伦敦的主要火车站之一，往返于英格兰的南部，东南部和西南部。1993年，大楼中增加了一个新的部分，用于火车通过海峡隧道往返于欧洲其他地区。这些火车现在往返于圣潘克拉斯火车站。滑铁卢在伦敦地铁（London Underground）上也设有车站，是滑铁卢和城市联系（City Link）的一端，这是一项特殊的地下铁路服务，每天将从伦敦以外地区到达伦敦的人们运送到伦敦。
Word OriginFrom the battle of Waterloo in 1815, in which the British (under the Duke of Wellington) and the Prussians finally defeated Napoleon.