- a quick, angry or humorous reply（生气或幽默的）回应，反驳 synonym rejoinder, riposte
- She bit back (= stopped herself from making) a sharp retort.她克制住了自己，没有尖刻地反驳。
Extra Examples- He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.他开口作了尖刻的反驳。
- He was stung into an angry retort.他被惹得愤怒反击。
- Her remark drew angry retorts from the unemployed workers.她的话遭到了失业工人愤怒的反驳。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + retort- come up with
- make
- bite back
- …
See full entry - a closed bottle with a long narrow bent spout that is used in a laboratory for heating chemicals曲颈甑；曲颈瓶；蒸馏器
Word Originnoun sense 1 late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘hurl back an accusation or insult’): from Latin retort- ‘twisted back, cast back’, from the verb retorquere, from re- ‘in return’ + torquere ‘to twist’. noun sense 2 early 17th cent.: from French retorte, from medieval Latin retorta, feminine past participle of retorquere ‘twist back’ (with reference to the long recurved neck of the laboratory container).
