英语词汇“retort”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

retort

释义

to say (something) in reply or as a counter argument

‘I want the blacksmith.’ ‘And pray what might you be wanting with him?’ retorted my sister, quick to resent his being wanted at all — Dickens

archaic to return (e.g. an argument or insult) in kind

verb intrans

to answer back sharply or tersely

[Latin retortus, past part. of retorquēre to twist back, hurl back, from re- + torquēre to twist]

a terse, witty, angry, or cutting reply, esp one that turns the first speaker's words against them

esp formerly, a container with a long neck bent downward, used for distillation and other chemical processes

a container for the large-scale production of metal, gas, etc by heating a substance, e.g. ore or coal

[early French retorte via medieval Latin from Latin retorta, fem of retortus: see retort¹; from its bent shape]

to heat (something) in a retort

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