词典释义：
[reporting verb]say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner
反驳；回嘴
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[with direct speech]
‘No need to be rude,’ retorted Isabel “用不着动粗，”伊莎贝尔反驳说
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[with clause]
he retorted that this was nonsense 他回嘴说这是胡说八道
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[no obj.]
I resisted the urge to retort .我真想反驳几句，但我忍住了。
[with obj.]
〈古〉 对（侮辱，伤害）进行报复
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it was now his time to retort the humiliation .现在是他报复人家侮辱的时候了。
turn (an insult or accusation) back on the person who has issued it
对侮辱者或指控者反过来进行（侮辱或指控）
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he was resolute to retort the charge of treason on his foes .他决心反过来控告他的反对者犯有叛国罪。
use (an opponent's argument) against them
利用（对方的论据）反驳对方
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the answer they make to us may very easily be retorted .他们对我们的回答很容易被我们用来反驳他们。
a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark
（严厉、愤怒或机智的）反驳
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she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort .她开口讲话，做出了恰到好处的尖锐反驳。
a container or furnace for carrying out a chemical process on a large or industrial scale
蒸馏罐；干馏釜。
〈史〉 曲颈甑，蒸馏甑。
heat in a retort in order to separate or purify
蒸馏；干馏
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the raw shale is retorted at four crude oil works .原料油页岩在四个原油厂被蒸馏。
"late 15th cent. （in the sense ‘hurl back （an accusation or insult）’）： from Latin