把話頂回去
動詞是那個「扭回去」的動作，名詞是被扭回去的那句話；兩者是同一個畫面的兩個角度。
verb · B2
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
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 回嘴、反駁 · 蒸餾瓶
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retort
verb, noun核心畫面
Someone 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…更多收起
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 (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:827453842) — “From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (‘to be forced to twist back’).”
One branch
A second word, same spelling
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retort
noun核心畫面
A 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.