a reply, especially a sharp or witty one 应答,应对;(冷嘲热讽的)回答,(俏皮的)应答 she would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind. 她本想说句有分量的挖苦话来回答,却一句也想不起来。 ■(Law, dated)a defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication (律 旧)(被告对原告辩驳的)答辩
语源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rejoindre (infinitive used as a noun) (see rejoin)