Retort
[ rɪ'tɔrt ]
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vt. 反驳;报复;杀菌釜;
vi. 回嘴;反驳;
n. 反驳，回嘴;反驳的回答;
💡 词根助记
re回+tort扭转→返回来扭→反驳；报复
📝 例句
He withheld a strong retort.
他克制着没大声反驳。
retort on [upon] one's accusers
对责难自己者加以反责
She appeared to enjoy a bold retort and to be disposed to be gracious.
她看起来喜欢大胆的回答，愿意通情达理。
Marianne was going to retort, but she remembered her promises and forbore.
玛丽安正想反驳，但她记起了自己的诺言，便捺住了性子。
He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.
在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ retort-反驳,resort-诉诸:反驳无效后,他就诉诸法律
※ re-谐音“阿姨”,tort-侵权行为:阿姨反驳自己的行为不侵权
※ re-谐音“阿姨”,to-似数字“70”,rt-拼音“热汤”:阿姨想喝70碗热汤遭到了反驳
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-tort-表示“扭”
常见变体有-tour-
📖 牛津释义
retort
v[Tn, Tf]
make a quick, witty or angry reply, esp to an accusation or challenge 反驳; 回嘴
`Nonsense!' she retorted. 她反驳说, ｀一派胡言!＇
He retorted that it was my fault as much as his. 他反驳说我的错误并不比他的错误小. retort, n
(a) [U] retorting 反驳; 回嘴
He made a rude sign by way of retort. 他做出粗鲁动作表示反驳.
(b) [C] reply of this kind 反驳的回答
make an insolent retort 做出侮慢的答覆.
retort n
1 glass vessel with a long narrow neck turned downwards, used for distilling liquids 曲颈甑; 蒸馏甑.
2 receptacle used in making gas or steel （制煤气、 炼钢用的）蒸馏罐.
🎯 考研助记
re(向反)+tort(扭曲):回击扭曲- 反驳 网友：yqy 补充：re不断, tort侵权行为－报复
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'tɒ:t]n. 反驳, 顶嘴, 蒸馏器, 曲颈甑vi. 反驳, 回嘴, 反击vt. 反击, 反驳, 蒸馏【医】 曲颈甑, 蒸溜瓶相关词组: retort upon sb
🏥 医学释义
曲颈甑，蒸馏瓶
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-6」词汇
查看全部CET-6词汇 ›🗣️ 情景例句
You must give the other half to the city of Venice.
你必须把另一半交给威尼斯城。
All he knew was that his African ancestor taught his son and grandson the words in his own language for river and guitar.
他所知道的只是非洲祖先用自己的语言教给儿孙们的“江”和“吉他”这两个词。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。