retort
- IPA[rɪˈtɔːt]
英式
- say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner；repay (an insult or injury)
- a sharp, angry, or witty reply
verb: retort, 3rd person present: retorts, gerund or present participle: retorting, past tense: retorted, past participle: retorted
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner ‘No need to be rude,’ retorted Isabel he retorted that this was nonsense
- 2. archaic repay (an insult or injury) it was now his time to retort the humiliation
- ▪ turn (an insult or accusation) back on the person who has issued it he was resolute to retort the charge of treason on his foes
- ▪ use (an opponent's argument) against them the answer they make to us may very easily be retorted
名詞
- 1. a sharp, angry, or witty reply she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort
- 更多解釋
- IPA[rəˈtôrt]
美式
- say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily ... “No need to be rude,” retorted Isabel he retorted that this was nonsense
- a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark: she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[rəˈtôrt]
美式
- a container or furnace for carrying out a chemical process on a large or industrial scale: gas was made by baking coal in airtight retorts
- heat in a retort in order to separate or purify: the raw shale is retorted at four crude oil works
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[rɪˈtɔːt]
英式
- a container or furnace for carrying out a chemical process on a large or industrial scale: gas was made by baking coal in airtight retorts
- heat in a retort in order to separate or purify: the raw shale is retorted at four crude oil works
Oxford Dictionary
