释义 |
talk back (to one) talk back (to one)To answer, respond, or interrupt in a rude or impertinent manner; to sass. If you don't stop talking back like that, you'll be going to bed with no dinner! The student got detention for talking back to her teacher.See also: back, talktalk back (to someone)to challenge verbally a parent, an older person, or one's superior. Please don't talk back to me! I've told you before not to talk back!See also: back, talktalk backAlso, answer back. Reply rudely or impertinently, as in She was always in trouble for talking back, or The teacher won't allow anyone to answer back to her. [Second half of 1800s] See also: back, talktalk backv.1. To respond to someone rudely or inappropriately: The servants were not supposed to talk back to their masters.2. To make a hostile response: The enemy's guns are talking back.3. To respond to a signal or transmission, especially through a path of electronic communication: My computer is sending information through the modem, but the network computer is not talking back.See also: back, talk |