单词详解 | comeback

comeback
音标
英音/ ˈkʌmbæk / 美音/ ˈkʌmbæk /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
In the aftermath of his retirement, Cook had recurring dreams about making a comeback, to the point he even contacted some of his former team-mates.
退役后,库克反复梦想着复出,甚至联系了一些前队友。
BBC

Celtic’s defence was quickly under pressure as County – who survived relegation with a miraculous comeback in last season’s play-off final – came tearing at them.
凯尔特人队的防守很快就面临压力,县队在上赛季附加赛决赛中奇迹般地逆转降级,并向他们发起猛攻。
BBC

But it was not the catalyst for an England comeback as so often her saves are.
但这并不是英格兰队逆转的催化剂,就像她经常做出的扑救一样。
BBC

基本释意
noun
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
恢复,复出;再度流行;迅速反驳;追究……责任;回交羊

同义词
counter,rejoinder,replication,retort,return,riposte

短释义
If someone insults you, and you say something back that turns the insult around, that’s a comeback. Nice job. Another comeback is when someone — especially in entertainment or sports — comes back after being gone. If a popular singer leaves music for a few years and then returns with a hit song, that’s a comeback. In the song “Mama Said Knock You Out,” LL Cool J starts by saying, “Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years!”
复出是快速、机智的答复。 《你的妈妈》是一部蹩脚的复出剧,但却很受欢迎。这也是休息后重新崭露头角的表现,就像运动员退役然后重返赛场东山再起一样。

长释义
If someone insults you, and you say something back that turns the insult around, that’s a comeback. Nice job. Another comeback is when someone — especially in entertainment or sports — comes back after being gone. If a popular singer leaves music for a few years and then returns with a hit song, that’s a comeback. In the song “Mama Said Knock You Out,” LL Cool J starts by saying, “Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years!”
如果有人侮辱你,而你回嘴的话扭转了侮辱,那就是反击。不错的工作。另一种回归是指某人——尤其是在娱乐或体育领域——在离开后回来。如果一位流行歌手离开音乐界几年,然后带着一首热门歌曲回归,那就是东山再起。在歌曲《Mama Said Knock You Out》中,LL Cool J 开头说道:“别称之为回归,我在这里已经很多年了!”

文学例句
Zion’s parents would have had a way better comeback.
锡安的父母本来可以更好地复出。
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Before I can think of a comeback, his grandmother’s heels come clicking down the long hallway.
还没等我想出反击的办法,他祖母的高跟鞋就在长长的走廊上发出“咔哒”的声音。
Pride by Ibi Zoboi

It made no sense to them that shoes that were so obviously out of fashion could make a comeback.
对他们来说,明显过时的鞋子竟然会卷土重来,这是毫无意义的。
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

词源
comeback (n.)also come-back, 1889 as “verbal retort,” from the verbal phrase; see come + back (adv.). Meaning “recovery, return to former position or condition after retirement or loss” is attested from 1908, American English.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
comeback (n.)也称为“come-back”,1889,源自动词短语“口头反驳”;参见“来+回来”(副词)。意思是“退休或损失后恢复、恢复到以前的职位或状况”,自 1908 年美式英语以来得到证实。相关条目及更多


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