to reply quickly to a comment, in an angry, offended or humorous way (生气或幽默地)反驳,回嘴
+speech
’Don’t be ridiculous!’ Pat retorted angrily.
“别荒唐了!” 帕特生气地回答道。
~ that…
Sam retorted that it was my fault as much as his.
萨姆反驳说我和他同样有错。