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retort
- IPA[rəˈtôrt]
美式
- say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner;repay (an insult or injury)
- a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark
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 or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive 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 wittily incisive reply to a remark she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort