| 单词 | respond |
| 释义 | respond /ri spond"/, v.i. 1. to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question. 2. to make a return by some action as if in answer: to respond generously to a charity drive. 3. to react favorably. 4. Physiol. to exhibit some action or effect as if in answer; react: Nerves respond to a stimulus. 5. to correspond (usually fol. by to). 6. Bridge. to make a response. v.t. 7. to say in answer; reply. n. 8. Archit. a half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column. 9. Eccles. a. a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection. b. responsory. c. response. [1350-1400; (n.) ME: responsory < OF, deriv. of respondre to respond < L respondere to promise in return, reply, answer, equiv. to re- RE- + spondere to pledge, promise (see SPONSOR); (v.) < L respondere] Syn. 1. rejoin. 2. rise, react, reply. |
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