单词 | respond |
释义 | re·spond ![]() v. re·spond·ed, re·spond·ing, re·sponds v.intr. 1. To make a reply; answer: respond to an email. 2. To act in return or in answer: firefighters responding to a call. See Synonyms at answer. 3. To react to a stimulus or to a treatment, especially in a favorable way: tumors that responded to radiation. v.tr. To give as a reply; answer. n. Architecture A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade. [Middle English responden, from Old French respondre, from Latin respondēre : re-, re- + spondēre, to promise; see spend- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] re·sponder n. |
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