retort學測 L6KK [ˈriˌtɔrt] ｜ /ˈriˌtɔrt/
反駁；機智反嗆·反駁；回嘴·蒸餾瓶；曲頸甑
一字兩義，閱讀測驗常見混淆點
His clever retort made everyone in the room laugh.
他機智的反嗆讓房間裡的每個人都笑了。
義項
機智反擊B2noun反駁；機智反嗆
Before the exam, the teacher got angry with her, but her quick retort made everyone laugh.
段考前，老師生她的氣，但她機智的反嗆逗笑了全班。
a witty retorta sharp retort
立刻回嘴B2verb反駁；回嘴
When her classmate was angry with her, she quickly retorted that it wasn't her fault.
當同學對她生氣時，她立刻反駁說那不是她的錯。
retort sharplyretort angrily
實驗蒸餾B2noun蒸餾瓶；曲頸甑
The scientist put the sample into the retort and heated it until it changed.
科學家把樣本放進蒸餾瓶，加熱到它產生變化為止。
heat a retorta glass retort
片語
a witty retort妙語反擊 →機智巧妙的回嘴話
a sharp retort犀利回嘴 →尖銳犀利的反駁
retort in kind以牙還牙 →用同樣方式回敬
你會不會這樣說？
'Before the exam, the teacher got angry with her, but her quick retort made everyone laugh.' 這裡的 retort 最接近哪個意思？(A) 反駁 (B) 蒸餾瓶 (C) 報告
看答案
(A)
此句情境是師生對話中的機智反駁，並非化學實驗器材。
retort 和 report 是同一個字的不同拼法。(對/錯)
看答案
錯
retort 是反駁或蒸餾瓶，report 是報告，兩字拼法相近但意思完全不同。