Trafalgar, Battle of
/trəˈfælgə(r)/- a decisive naval battle fought on 21 October 1805 off the cape of Trafalgar on the south coast of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. The British fleet under Horatio Nelson defeated the combined fleets of France and Spain, which were attempting to clear the way for Napoleon's projected invasion of Britain.特拉法尔加战役（1805年10月21日, 在位于西班牙南海岸的特拉法尔加角海面所进行的拿破仑战争中的海军决战; 在霍雷肖·纳尔逊的指挥下, 英国舰队击败了试图为拿破仑入侵英国清除障碍的法国和西班牙联合舰队）。