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retort
1[ ri-tawrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to reply to, usually in a sharp or retaliatory way; reply in kind to.
Synonyms:
- to return (an accusation, epithet, etc.) upon the person uttering it.
- to answer (an argument or the like) by another to the contrary.
noun
- a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
- the act of retorting.
retort
2[ ri-tawrt ]
noun
- Chemistry.
- a vessel, commonly a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat.
- a refractory chamber, generally cylindrically shaped, within which some substance, as ore or coal, is heated as part of a smelting or manufacturing process.
- an airtight, usually cylindrical vessel of fire clay or iron, used in the destructive distillation chiefly of coal and wood in the manufacture of illuminating gas.
- a sterilizer for food cans.
verb (used with object)
- to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.
- Chemistry. to subject (shale, ore, etc.) to heat and possibly reduced pressure in order to produce fuel oil, metal, etc.
retort
1/ 谤瑟藞迟蓴藧迟 /
verb
- when tr, takes a clause as object to utter (something) quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily, in response
- to use (an argument) against its originator; turn the tables by saying (something)
noun
- a sharp, angry, or witty reply
- an argument used against its originator
retort
2/ 谤瑟藞迟蓴藧迟 /
noun
- a glass vessel with a round bulb and long tapering neck that is bent down, used esp in a laboratory for distillation
- a vessel in which large quantities of material may be heated, esp one used for heating ores in the production of metals or heating coal to produce gas
verb
- tr to heat in a retort
retort
- A glass laboratory vessel in the shape of a bulb with a long, downward-pointing outlet tube. It is used for distillation or decomposition by heat.
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Derived Forms
- 谤别藞迟辞谤迟别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 谤别路迟辞谤迟顎侥谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of retort1
C16: from Latin 谤别迟辞谤辩耻脓谤别 to twist back, from re- + 迟辞谤辩耻脓谤别 to twist, wrench
Origin of retort2
C17: from French retorte , from Medieval Latin retorta , from Latin 谤别迟辞谤辩耻脓谤别 to twist back; see retort 1
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We wanted them to ourselves for five minutes, so retorted with, 'Yeah, just us three'.
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Goode鈥檚 painterly retort 鈥 still lifes that held the abstract and the figurative in taut equilibrium 鈥 brilliantly neutralized that argument, while adding depth to the object/image dichotomy.
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鈥淕et into Good Trouble,鈥 is their smiling retort to any form of authority.
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鈥淚t鈥檚 happened twice!鈥 retorted O鈥橞rien as the audience laughed.
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Vance retorted: "Have you said 'thank you' once this entire meeting? No."
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