riposte
美音:
[rı´pəust
]英音:
[rı´pəust
]n.还刺,机敏回答 vi.还刺,尖锐回答
难易程度:
riposte为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:riposted 过去分词:riposted 现在分词:riposting 第三人称单数:ripostes
近义词, 同义词
riposte
/rɪ'pɒst; rɪ`post/
n
1 quick verbal reply or retort, esp to criticism 迅速的回答或反驳(尤指对于批评)
*a witty riposte 巧妙的回答.
2 (in fencing) quick return thrust after parrying (剑术)挡开对方的剑後迅速还刺.
/rɪ'pɒst; rɪ`post/
v [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) deliver a riposte 还刺; 还击.
riposte
n[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French;Origin:Italian risposta 'answer', from rispondere 'to answer', from Latin respondere; RESPOND]
formal a quick, clever reply to something that someone has said
a suitably witty riposte