rejoinder

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·join·der /rɪˈdʒɔɪndə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  formalANSWER/REPLY a reply, especially a rude one 〔尤指粗鲁的〕回答 He tried to think of a snappy rejoinder. 他试图想出一句简短的话来反驳。

Examples from the Corpus

rejoinder• It would be unfair to leave the discussion of the later Wordsworth without a rejoinder to what is usually said.• When I called him to object, the reporter said that his editors intended to invite me to write a rejoinder.• Speech implies other speech, either preceding it, or as an anticipated rejoinder.• Vic grunts, the distillation of an equally familiar rejoinder.• Freedom of choice is a feeble rejoinder when the issue is global suicide.• Sharpton has a funny rejoinder for every occasion.• Eliot concurred; but he still felt that sometimes it was necessary to write a fairly sharp rejoinder.Origin rejoinder (1400-1500) Old French rejoindre; REJOIN2

re·join·der nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus reply, especially rude a a one

rejoinder
re‧join‧der /rɪˈdʒɔɪndə $ -ər/ noun [countable]formal a reply, especially a rude one:
    He tried to think of a snappy rejoinder.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ answer something you say when someone asks you a question or speaks to you: I asked if he wanted to come, but I didn’t get an answer. | If you’re asking me for money, the answer’s no!
   ▪ reply an answer. Used especially in written English to report what someone said: She asked how he felt, and received the reply, ‘Awful!’ | ‘Finished now?’ ‘No,' came the reply.
   ▪ response an answer that clearly shows your reaction to a question, suggestion etc: Wagner’s responses showed that he had thought carefully about the issues. | ‘Sure. Why not?’ was his response to most of Billie’s suggestions.
   ▪ retort written an angry answer given when someone has annoyed you or criticized you: Isabelle began an angry retort and then stopped herself.
   ▪ comeback a quick answer that is clever, funny, or rude: He walked out before I could think of a snappy comeback.
   ▪ riposte formal a quick and clever answer: Anna produced the perfect riposte.
   ▪ rejoinder formal a quick answer, especially a clever or rude one: If he confronts them, he’ll run the risk of a sharp rejoinder.

re·join·derBrE /rɪˈdʒɔɪndə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈdʒɔɪndər/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] (formal) a reply, especially a quick, critical or amusing one 回答；反驳 SYN retort