retort基本信息
读法：英 [rɪ"tɔːt] 美 [rɪ"tɔrt]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
retort 回应，反驳
re-,相对，相反，-tort,弯，转，词源同 torture,turn.引申词义回应，反驳。
- 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.)).
词态变化
复数 retorts;
第三人称单数 retorts;
过去式 retorted;
过去分词 retorted;
现在分词 retorting;
权威造句
- 1. His sharp retort clearly made an impact.
- 他尖刻的反驳显然起了作用。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her retort was mechanical.
- 她的反驳是脱口而出的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He scored a bull"s - eye in their argument with that witty retort.
- 在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.
- 他张嘴开始进行刻薄的反击.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I said a few words to him in retort.
- 我顶了他几句.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均有“回答”之意。answer常用词，指用书面、口头或行动对他人的请求、询问、质问等作出回答或反应。
reply较正式用词，较少用于口语。侧重经过考虑的较正式答复。
respond正式用词，指即刻的，以口头或行动对外来的号召、请求或刺激等作出回答或响应。
retort指对不同意见、批评或控诉作出迅速、有力的回答，即“反驳”。
return正式用词，从本义“归来，回去”引申作“回答、答辨”讲时，含反驳或反唇相讥之意。
记忆方法
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