retort
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英 [r?'t??t]
美[r?'t?rt]
- n. 反駁，頂嘴；曲頸瓶
- vt. 反駁，反擊
- vi. 反駁，回嘴
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詞態變化
復數:?retorts;第三人稱單數:?retorts;過去式:?retorted;過去分詞:?retorted;現在分詞:?retorting;
中文詞源
retort 回應，反駁
re-,相對，相反，-tort,彎，轉，詞源同 torture,turn.引申詞義回應，反駁。
英文詞源
- retort
- retort: see torment
- retort (v.)
- 1550s, "make return in kind" (especially of an injury), from Old French retort and directly from Latin retortus, past participle of retorquere "turn back, twist back, throw back," from re- "back" (see re-) + torquere "to twist" (see torque (n.)). Applied to exchanges of jest or sarcasm by c. 1600, hence "say or utter sharply and aggressively in reply" (1620s). Related: Retorted; retorting.
- retort (n.1)
- "act of retorting," c. 1600, from retort (v.).
- retort (n.2)
- "vessel used in chemistry for distilling or effecting decomposition by the aid of heat," c. 1600, from Middle French retorte, from Medieval Latin *retorta "a retort, a vessel with a bent neck," literally "a thing bent or twisted," from past participle stem of Latin retorquere (see retort (v.)).
雙語例句
- 1. His sharp retort clearly made an impact.
- 他尖刻的反駁顯然起了作用。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her retort was mechanical.
- 她的反駁是脫口而出的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He scored a bull's - eye in their argument with that witty retort.
- 在他們的辯論中他那一句機智的反駁擊中了要害.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.
- 他張嘴開始進行刻薄的反擊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I said a few words to him in retort.
- 我頂了他幾句.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》