• n. 反駁，頂嘴；曲頸瓶
• vt. 反駁，反擊
• vi. 反駁，回嘴

re-,相對，相反，-tort,彎，轉，詞源同 torture,turn.引申詞義回應，反駁。

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.)).

1. His sharp retort clearly made an impact.

他尖刻的反駁顯然起了作用。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Her retort was mechanical.

她的反駁是脫口而出的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He scored a bull's - eye in their argument with that witty retort.

在他們的辯論中他那一句機智的反駁擊中了要害.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.

他張嘴開始進行刻薄的反擊.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. I said a few words to him in retort.

我頂了他幾句.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》