retort
retort1
verb
retort2
noun
verb
- [reporting verb]say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner
反驳；回嘴
[with direct speech]‘No need to be rude, ’retorted Isabel.
“用不着动粗，”伊莎贝尔反驳说。
[with clause]he retorted that this was nonsense.
他回嘴说这是胡说八道。
[no obj.]I resisted the urge to retort.
我真想反驳几句，但我忍住了。 - [with obj.](archaic)repay (an insult or injury)
(古)对（侮辱，伤害）进行报复
it was now his time to retort the humiliation.
现在是他报复人家侮辱的时候了。
■turn (an insult or accusation) back on the person who has issued it
对侮辱者或指控者反过来进行（侮辱或指控）
he was resolute to retort the charge of treason on his foes.
他决心反过来控告他的反对者犯有叛国罪。
■use (an opponent's argument) against them
利用（对方的论据）反驳对方
the answer they make to us may very easily be retorted.
他们对我们的回答很容易被我们用来反驳他们。
- a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark
（严厉、愤怒或机智的）反驳
she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort.
她开口讲话，做出了恰到好处的尖锐反驳。
- late 15th cent. (in the sense 'hurl back (an accusation or insult)'): from Latin retort- 'twisted back, cast back', from the verb retorquere, from re- 'in return' + torquere 'to twist'
retort2
noun
- a container or furnace for carrying out a chemical process on a large or industrial scale
蒸馏罐；干馏炉
■(historical)a glass container with a long neck, used in distilling liquids and other chemical operations
(史)曲颈甑，蒸馏甑
- [with obj.]heat in a retort in order to separate or purify
蒸馏；干馏
the raw shale is retorted at four crude oil works.
原料油页岩在四个原油厂被蒸馏。
- early 17th cent.: from French retorte, from medieval Latin retorta, feminine past participle of retorquere 'twist back' (with reference to the long recurved neck of the laboratory container)
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