用說的或寫的回過去
最常見的一路：來的是話或字，回去的也是話或字。動詞是回這個動作，名詞是回過去的那段話。
answer in words · verb · B1
To send words back to the person who spoke or wrote to you.
回覆／回答
核心畫面
Picture a ball coming towards you: someone has said something, written something, done something, and now it is your turn. Reply can be thought of as sending it straight back to the same person — the answer travels back down the line it came from. That is why a reply always has a : you reply to a letter, to a question, to a person, never just into the air.
可以想成有一顆球朝你飛過來：有人說了一句話、寄了一封信、做了一個動作，現在輪到你了。reply 就像是把它原路送回去…更多收起
可以想成有一顆球朝你飛過來：有人說了一句話、寄了一封信、做了一個動作，現在輪到你了。reply 就像是把它原路送回去——回應沿著它來的那條線，回到同一個人身上。所以 reply 一定有個對象：你 reply to a letter、reply to a question、reply to someone，不會是對著空氣講。Two branches
用行動回敬
同一個「送回去」的畫面，只是回去的不是話，而是動作。別人怎麼出手，你就怎麼回手。
react in kind · verb · B1
To react to what someone does by doing something back in return.
回應（以行動）
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
replyverb/ɹɪˈplaɪ/
- 1
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
- (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
- (transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
- 2
To act or gesture in response.
- Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
- It is a sound to be dreaded until you ascertain that it is being made by friendly forces; even then, your welcome to it must be tempered with some caution, because gunfire usually leads to replying gunfire[…]
- 3
To repeat something back; to echo.
replynoun/ɹɪˈplaɪ/
- 1
A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
- For example, it is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Weedle ‘Why are you here?’ And the reply took three years.
- 2
Something given in reply.
- 3
A counterattack.
- 4
entertainmentlifestylemusicThe answer of a figure.
- 5
lawA document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。