- 1機智的回擊、妙答（話裡立刻頂回去；劍術裡則是「還擊」）
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. 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. 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. 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.
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，摘錄並精簡格式，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/
- 1
fencinggovernmenthobbiesA thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
- 2
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.
- 3
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”.
- 4
An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
riposteverb/ɹɪˈpəʊst/
- 1
fencinggovernmenthobbiesTo attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack.
- 2
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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。