retorts

英 [rɪˈtɔːts]

美 [rɪˈtɔːrts]

v.  (生气或幽默地)反驳，回嘴
n.  (生气或幽默的)回应，反驳; 曲颈甑; 曲颈瓶; 蒸馏器
retort的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 反驳;回嘴
  Toretortmeans to reply angrily to someone.
  1. Was he afraid, he was asked. 'Afraid of what?' he retorted...
     有人问他是否害怕。“害怕什么？”他反问道。
  2. Others retort that strong central power is a dangerous thing in Russia.
     其他人反驳说强大的中央集权在俄罗斯是很危险的。
  3. Retortis also a noun.
     
  4. His sharp retort clearly made an impact.
     他尖刻的反驳显然起了作用。

双语例句

• An obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube.
  用来蒸馏的陈旧的容器；两个蒸器用管子连接起来。
• City gas supply by coke ovens, vertical retorts, water-gas generators and two stage water-gas generators are presented. Investment comparison of coke ovens and water-gas generators shows that water-gas should be favored in small and medium cities.
  城市煤气气源有焦炉、直立炉、水煤气炉、两段水煤气炉等，文中列出了焦炉与水煤气炉的投资比较，说明水煤气是中小城市的主要气源。
• However, these retorts were still dangerous to operate.
  虽如此，这类高压杀菌锅的操作仍有危险。
• ( JPMorgan retorts that it acted in the interests of its shareholders).
  （摩根大通则反驳称，自己是在维护股东的利益。）
• Groupon retorts that it is simply spending heavily to scoop up subscribers while the market it created is in its infancy.
  groupon反驳道，其开创的这一市场尚处发展初期，赤字只不过是在争抢用户时投资过巨。
• His success strongly retorts the rumor that Chinese are genetically weak in the track and fields.
  他的成功雄辩地反驳了认为中国人在体质上不善于田径运动的说法。
• Armenia retorts that it is up to Turkey to prove that its overtures are not designed solely to kill the genocide resolution;
  亚美尼亚则反驳道，这取决于土耳其证明其提议不是单纯有意的阻扰种族灭绝议案；
• I always run inclusive and successful organisations, she retorts when I ask her whether she'd applied any lessons from that searing experience to her new post.
  当我问她，有没有从那种惨痛的体验中吸取到某种教训、并将其应用于新职务时，她反驳说：我始终运行包容、成功的组织。
• How persuasive are these answers? Both invite robust retorts.
  这两个答案都有值得反驳之处。
• These retorts were designed for supplying the Estonian Power Station with shale oil produced from unconcentrated fine-grained ( energy) oil shale.
  设计这些干馏炉是为了向爱沙尼亚发电厂供应通过非浓缩细颗粒（能量）油母页岩产出的页岩油。