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retort

verb
🔊/rɪˈtɔːt/
🔊/rɪˈtɔːrt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they retort
🔊/rɪˈtɔːt/
🔊/rɪˈtɔːrt/
he / she / it retorts
🔊/rɪˈtɔːts/
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past simple retorted
🔊/rɪˈtɔːtɪd/
🔊/rɪˈtɔːrtɪd/
past participle retorted
🔊/rɪˈtɔːtɪd/
🔊/rɪˈtɔːrtɪd/
-ing form retorting
🔊/rɪˈtɔːtɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈtɔːrtɪŋ/
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  1. to reply quickly to a comment, in an angry, offended or humorous way（生气或幽默地）反驳，回嘴
    • + speech ‘Don't be ridiculous!’ Pat retorted angrily.“别荒唐了！” 帕特生气地回答道。🔊🔊
    • She quickly retorted, ‘What does it matter?’她迅速反驳说：“这有什么关系？”
    • retort that… Sam retorted that it was my fault as much as his.萨姆反驳说我和他同样有错。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • quickly
    • angrily
    • furiously
    • …
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    Word Originverb late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘hurl back an accusation or insult’): from Latin retort- ‘twisted back, cast back’, from the verb retorquere, from re- ‘in return’ + torquere ‘to twist’.

retort

noun
🔊/rɪˈtɔːt/
🔊/rɪˈtɔːrt/
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  1. a quick, angry or humorous reply（生气或幽默的）回应，反驳 synonym rejoinder, riposte
    • She bit back (= stopped herself from making) a sharp retort.她克制住了自己，没有尖刻地反驳。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.他开口作了尖刻的反驳。
    • He was stung into an angry retort.他被惹得愤怒反击。
    • Her remark drew angry retorts from the unemployed workers.她的话遭到了失业工人愤怒的反驳。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • quick
    • sharp
    • clever
    • …
    verb + retort
    • come up with
    • make
    • bite back
    • …
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  2. a closed bottle with a long narrow bent spout that is used in a laboratory for heating chemicals 曲颈甑；曲颈瓶；蒸馏器
    3. Word Originnoun sense 1 late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘hurl back an accusation or insult’): from Latin retort- ‘twisted back, cast back’, from the verb retorquere, from re- ‘in return’ + torquere ‘to twist’. noun sense 2 early 17th cent.: from French retorte, from medieval Latin retorta, feminine past participle of retorquere ‘twist back’ (with reference to the long recurved neck of the laboratory container).