retort
v[Tn, Tf]
make a quick, witty or angry reply, esp to an accusation or challenge 反驳; 回嘴
`Nonsense!' she retorted. 她反驳说, `一派胡言!'
He retorted that it was my fault as much as his. 他反驳说我的错误并不比他的错误小. retort, n
(a) [U] retorting 反驳; 回嘴
He made a rude sign by way of retort. 他做出粗鲁动作表示反驳.
(b) [C] reply of this kind 反驳的回答
make an insolent retort 做出侮慢的答覆.
retort n
1 glass vessel with a long narrow neck turned downwards, used for distilling liquids 曲颈甑; 蒸馏甑.
2 receptacle used in making gas or steel (制煤气、 炼钢用的)蒸馏罐.
Around the year 1600 the first horses were brought to the American continent by the Spanish.
大约在1600年的时候,西班牙人把第一批马匹带来美洲大陆。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read