retort
retort 英 [rɪˈtɔ:t] 美 [rɪˈtɔrt]
n. 反驳，顶嘴 v. 反驳
进行时:retorting 过去式:retorted 过去分词:retorted 第三人称单数:retorts 名词复数:retorts
- A retort is a short, clever response to someone's comment or question. If you want to keep the peace during dinner, you should probably bite your tongue instead of making sarcastic retorts to everything your little sister says.
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- n. 反驳，顶嘴
- v. 反驳
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1. ‘Don't be ridiculous!’ Pat retorted angrily.
“别荒唐了！”帕特生气地回答道。
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2. Sam retorted that it was my fault as much as his.
萨姆反驳说我和他同样有错。
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3. a sharp retort.
尖刻地反驳。
- 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 "turn back, twist back, throw back," from re- "back" (see re-) + torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist").
- 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" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). Applied to exchanges of jest or sarcasm by c. 1600, hence "say or utter sharply and aggressively in reply" (1620s). Related: Retorted; retorting.
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