Retort

[rɪ'tɔːt] or [rɪ'tɔrt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat.

(verb.) answer back.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

(n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

(n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

(v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

(v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.

(v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.

乔校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Repartee; smart, or witty reply.

校對:马尔科姆

同義詞及反義詞：

[See RESERVED_and_TACITURN]

SYN:Rejoinder, replicable, repartee, reciprocation, retaliation, reply, answer

ANT:Concession, confession, acquiescence, acceptance

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解釋/意思:

v.t. to throw back: to return: to retaliate: to separate by means of a retort.—v.i. to make a sharp reply.—n. a ready and sharp reply: a witty answer: a vessel used in distillation properly a spiral tube.—p.adj. Retor′ted (her.) interlaced.—ns. Retor′ter; Retor′tion.—adj. Retor′tive.—n. Retort′-seal′er an instrument for removing the encrustation in coal-gas retorts.

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