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answer back sharply · verb
To answer someone quickly and sharply, usually after they have criticised you or said something you disagree with. The answer can be angry, or it can be funny and clever.
回嘴、反駁
這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “retort”
- 1retort · answer back sharply回嘴、反駁Someone throws a remark at you, and instead of catching it you twist it round and send it straight back.
- 2retort · glass flask for distilling蒸餾瓶A bottle with a round belly and a long neck that bends over and points down.
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retort · answer back sharply
verb, nounSomeone throws a remark at you, and instead of catching it you twist it round and send it straight back. It comes back fast, it is short, and it usually carries some of their own words with it.
可以想成對方丟了一句話過來，你沒有接住，而是把它轉個方向、原路丟回去。它回得很快，通常只有一句，而且常常帶著對方自己的用字。火氣可以很大，也可以完全是笑著回敬——兩種都算 retort。要成立，前面一定要有人先說了什麼；沒有那句話，就沒有東西可以扭回去。
From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces retort to Latin retorquēre, ‘to twist back’. The modern sense keeps the shape of that root: the other person’s remark is turned round and returned.
Wiktionary 記載 retort 來自拉丁文 retorquēre，意思是「扭回去」。今天的用法保留了這個動作的形狀：對方的話被轉個方向送回去。
Wiktionary, "retort"
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retort · glass flask for distilling
nounA bottle with a round belly and a long neck that bends over and points down. You heat the liquid in the belly; the climbs the neck, cools as it goes, and drips out of the end.
可以想成一個圓肚子的瓶子，脖子又長又往下彎。液體在肚子裡被加熱，蒸氣沿著脖子往上再往下走，一路降溫，最後從末端一滴一滴落下。整個器材的重點就是那條彎下來的頸子——它同時是通道，也是冷凝的地方。這個字屬於化學書和舊科學插圖，日常對話幾乎不會出現。