reply英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.

— For example, it is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Weedle ‘Why are you here?’ And the reply took three years.
Something given in reply.
A counterattack.
The answer of a figure.
A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. US

动词 v.

To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. intransitive,transitive

— (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
To act or gesture in response. intransitive

— Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
To repeat something back; to echo. intransitive

词形变化

replies present,singular,third-person replying participle,present replied participle,past replied past replies plural

词汇关系

近义词

respond answer back react rejoin counter revert follow up get back to answer retort return comeback response account rejoinder riposte reaction rebuttal

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“to fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from re + plicō (“to fold”); the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation. Doublet of replicate and replica.

词源 2

From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“to fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from re + plicō (“to fold”); the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation. Doublet of replicate and replica.