Retort



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 反驳
• ［英］ v. 反驳 ( to answer by a counter argument)
• ［类］ repartee : retort / debate : issue ( 巧妙回答为了反驳 / 争论为了进行辩护)
• ［记］ re ( 反) +tort ( 扭) -> 反扭, 反驳
• ［同］ 同根词: distort ( 歪曲) ;tortuous ( 弯曲的)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Latin retortus, past participle of retorquēre, literally, to twist back, hurl back, from re- + torquēre to twist — more at torture
• Date: circa 1557
• transitive verb
  • 1. to pay or hurl back ; return <retort an insult>
  • 2.
    • a. to make a reply to
    • b. to say in reply
  • 3. to answer (as an argument) by a counter argument
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to answer back usually sharply
  • 2. to return an argument or charge
  • 3. retaliate

II. noun

• Date: 1600
• a quick, witty, or cutting reply; especially one that turns back or counters the first speaker's words
• Synonyms: see answer

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle French retorte, from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin, feminine of retortus; from its shape
• Date: 1605
• a vessel or chamber in which substances are distilled or decomposed by heat

IV. transitive verb

• Date: 1850
• to treat (as oil shale) by heating in a retort

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