answer
['ænsɚ]
n. 案, 回, 回, 辩

vt. 回, 驳, 适应, 响应, 符合

vi. 回, 应, 责, 符合,

[] 户问题案新组

1. Do you know the answer to this question?
   道道题案吗？
2. He answered that he knew nothing about it.
   复。
3. This plan has not answered, we must find a better one.
   未，更。

answer
[ noun ]

1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

<noun.communication>
I waited several days for his answer
he wrote replies to several of his critics

2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

<noun.communication>
they were trying to find a peaceful solution
the answers were in the back of the book
he computed the result to four decimal places

3. the speech act of replying to a question

<noun.communication>

4. the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

<noun.communication>

5. a nonverbal reaction

<noun.act>
his answer to any problem was to get drunk
their answer was to sue me

[ verb ]

1. react verbally

<verb.communication> reply respond
She didn't want to answer
answer the question
We answered that we would accept the invitation

2. respond to a signal

<verb.cognition>
answer the door
answer the telephone

3. give the correct answer or solution to

<verb.cognition>
answer a question
answer the riddle

4. understand the meaning of

<verb.cognition> resolve
The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered

5. give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

<verb.communication>
The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution

6. be liable or accountable

<verb.stative>
She must answer for her actions

7. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

<verb.stative> do serve suffice
A few words would answer
This car suits my purpose well
Will $100 do?
A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school
Nothing else will serve

8. match or correspond

<verb.stative>
The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave

9. be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

<verb.consumption>
This may answer her needs

10. react to a stimulus or command

<verb.cognition>
The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch

Answer \An"swer\ ([a^]n"s[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Answered}
([a^]n"s[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Answering}.] [OE.
andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr.
andswaru, n., answer. See {Answer}, n.]
1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as,
to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or
question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the
like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond
to.

She answers him as if she knew his mind. --Shak.

So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . .
And him thus answered soon his bold compeer.
--Milton.

3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way
of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like;
to refute.

No man was able to answer him a word. --Matt. xxii.
46.

These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant.
--Milton.

The reasoning was not and could not be answered.
--Macaulay.

4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence:
(a) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or
satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as,
he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered
the bell.

This proud king . . . studies day and night
To answer all the debts he owes unto you.
--Shak.
(b) To render account to or for.

I will . . . send him to answer thee. --Shak.
(c) To atone; to be punished for.

And grievously hath C[ae]zar answered it.
--Shak.
(d) To be opposite to; to face.

The windows answering each other, we could just
discern the glowing horizon them. --Gilpin.
(e) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or
sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.]

Money answereth all things. --Eccles. x.
19.
(f) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation,
or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.

Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they
answered the bulk of so prodigious a person.
--Swift.


Answer \An"swer\, v. i.
1. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a
charge), or in reply; to make response.

There was no voice, nor any that answered. --1 Kings
xviii. 26.

2. To make a satisfactory response or return. Hence: To
render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable;
to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer
for the money intrusted to his care.

Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial
law. --Shak.

3. To be or act in return. Hence:
(a) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment,
reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose;
as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.

Do the strings answer to thy noble hand?
--Dryden.
(b) To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
(c) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or
sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
(d) To be or act in conformity, or by way of
accommodation, correspondence, relation, or
proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; --
usually with to.

That the time may have all shadow and silence in
it, and the place answer to convenience. --Shak.

If this but answer to my just belief,
I 'll remember you. --Shak.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart
of man to man. --Prov. xxvii.
19.


Answer \An"swer\, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against +
swerian to swear. [root]177, 196. See {Anti-}, and {Swear},
and cf. 1st {un-}.]
1. A reply to a charge; a defense.

At my first answer no man stood with me. --2 Tim.
iv. 16.

2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call,
an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.

A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1.

I called him, but he gave me no answer. --Cant. v.
6.

3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of,
something else; a responsive action.

Great the slaughter is
Here made by the Roman; great the answer be
Britons must take. --Shak.

4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as,
the answer to a problem.

5. (Law) A counter-statement of facts in a course of
pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has
alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to
a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to
the complainant's charges in his bill. --Bouvier.

Syn: Reply; rejoinder; response. See {Reply}.