retorting

柯林斯词典

retort /rɪˈtɔːt/ (retorting,retorted,retorts)

• 1. V-T To retort means to reply angrily to someone. 反駁[書麪]

  "You can't smoke in here," Shaw said.—"Don't worry, it's not tobacco," he retorted. “你不能在這兒吸菸，”肖說道。—“別擔心，這不是菸葉，”他反駁道。

• 2. N-COUNT Retort is also a noun. 反駁

  His sharp retort clearly made an impact. 他的尖銳反駁顯然起了作用。

• 3. N a glass vessel with a round bulb and long tapering neck that is bent down, used esp in a laboratory for distillation 曲頸瓶

• 4. V to heat in a retort 在曲頸瓶裡加熱

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