retort
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ɹɪˈtɔːt/
美 /ɹɪˈtɔɹt/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
— He countered her insult with a clever retort.
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A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
— A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.
- An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal.
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A pressure cooker.
— The retort is above boiling water. Beneath is a furnace. To the right a man is removing the chips from which the camphor has been extracted.
- A crematory furnace.
动词 v.
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To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
— “It is a pity,” he retorted with aggravating meekness, “that they do not use a little common sense. The case resembles that of Columbus' egg, and is every bit as simple.[…]”
- To heat in a retort.
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To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.
— to retort the charge of vanity
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To bend or curve back.
— a retorted line
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To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
— As when his virtues, shining upon others, / Heat them and they retort that heat again / To the first giver.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).
词源 2
From French retorte.
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