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A riposte is a quick, clever reply when someone has just said something sharp. They poke at you; you poke back, , often with a small smile.
A riposte is a quick, clever replyRiposte是迅速又聰明的回話，when someone has just said something sharp當有人剛說了一句尖銳的話時。They poke at you他們戳你一下；you poke back, neatly, often with a small smile你俐落地戳回去，常常還帶著一個小小的微笑。
You will meet it in newspapers and stories more than in the school corridor; it sounds a little French, a little dressed-up. It is a noun, and also a verb: she riposted.
You will meet it in newspapers and stories more than in the school corridor你會在報紙和故事裡遇到它，比在學校走廊裡更常見；it sounds a little French, a little dressed-up它聽起來有點法文味，有點刻意打扮過。It is a noun它是名詞，and also a verb: she riposted也是動詞：she riposted。
Though actually, people who fight with thin swords also use riposte for the fast hit you make after you stop the other person’s hit. Both uses are a return: one with a sword, one with words.
Though actually, people who fight with thin swords also use riposte不過其實用細劍擊劍的人，也會用riposte for the fast hit you make after you stop the other person's hit來稱擋下對方攻擊之後快速還擊的那一下。Both uses are a return兩種用法都是一種回擊：one with a sword, one with words一種用劍，一種用話語。
The talking sense is the one you will meet more in books and papers. In everyday chat people more often say a comeback or a quick reply.
The talking sense is the one you will meet more in books and papers說話那個意思，是你在書和報紙裡會更常遇到的。In everyday chat people more often say a comeback or a quick reply日常聊天裡，人們比較常說a comeback或a quick reply。
組成From French riposte, from Italian risposta, from the verb rispondere (“to respond”).
原始詞典資料6 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。
ripostenoun/ɹɪˈpəʊst/
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fencinggovernmenthobbiesA thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
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A counter-attack in any combat or any sport.
- Some context is required. Moldova were weak at the back and blunt up front, and have failed to score in six matches stretching back to last October, with only hints at English complacency offering them glimpses of summoning a riposte.
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A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- This face-saving reminds us of some American ripostes a few months back when their space rockets seemed disinclined to leave the earth very far behind; after all, they said, the Russians are only chucking heavy machinery at the moon, whereas we're trying to be more sophisticated and get a sewing-machine up there.
- Watson’s letter was a riposte to the accusation made on Tuesday by Corbyn’s campaign that he was “peddling conspiracy theories” after he said in a Guardian interview that Labour was at risk from “Trotskyist entryists”.
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An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
riposteverb/ɹɪˈpəʊst/
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fencinggovernmenthobbiesTo attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack.
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To respond quickly; particularly if the response is humorous.
- I left him and went to a tavern by the quays where the college bucks were drinking and singing hymns. There was Giles who invited old men back to his college apartments for games. Members of the rowing club riposted, for God's sake, man, clean up your life.
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。