rejoinder
noun /rɪˈdʒɔɪndə(r)/
/rɪˈdʒɔɪndər/
[usually singular] (formal)- a reply, especially a quick, critical or funny one
synonym retort回答;反驳 - ‘No!’ was his curt rejoinder.
他草率地回答了一声‘不!’
词源late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rejoindre (infinitive used as a noun), from re- ‘again’ + joindre ‘to join’. - ‘No!’ was his curt rejoinder.