rejoinder

rejoinder
noun
  1. 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
  1. late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rejoindre (infinitive used as a noun) (see rejoin)
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