| 单词 | physical retort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasphysical retort 5. Retaliation; an instance of this. Frequently in physical retort. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution yieldinga1340 talion1412 retributiona1425 recompensec1425 recompensationa1513 requitement1548 retaliation1581 lex talionis1597 requital1597 retaling1597 taliationa1601 law of retalion1607 talio1611 retail1615 retorsion1637 repercussion1641 retributing1645 reddition1656 retortion1762 poetical justice1796 utu1828 retort1836 quits1865 poetic justice1991 1836 Bell's Syst. Geogr. (new ed.) IV. 544 The Hindoos..in revenge burnt and broke down a mosque; and the retort of the first aggressors was, to kill a cow and pour her blood into the sacred well. 1840 J. Hildreth tr. E. Dumont Bentham's Theory of Legisl. II. ii. xv. 80 For an insult to a woman, the man to be dressed in women's clothes, and the retort to be inflicted by the hand of a woman. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 198 It is cowardly to raise a hand to one who is incapable of physical retort. 1904 W. Deeping Slanderers xlvii. 377 Mrs. Marjoy's first impulse was to slap this stolid and masterful old gentleman's face. She restrained herself from such a physical retort. 1918 R. Cullum Law of Gun v. 77 There had been..moments..when he had contemplated violent physical retort. When all the fighting instinct in him had been stirred to its remotest depths. 1964 A. Britt Amer. that Was xiii. 141 Terms that demanded prompt physical retort were ‘bastard’ and ‘son of a bitch’. 2007 B. Wyatt-Brown Southern Honor ii. xii. 306 Even judicial experts all but suggested that physical retort was the proper means of retrieving lost honor. < as lemmas |
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