banter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæntə/    美 /ˈbæntɚ/|[ˈbɛən.tɚ]|/ˈbæntə/|[ˈbeːn.tɐ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation. uncountable
    — I was elected to the Executive Committee of the Vegetarian Society, and made it a point to attend every one of its meetings, but I always felt tongue-tied. Dr. Oldfield once said to me, 'You talk to me quite all right, but why is it that you never open your lips at a committee meeting? You are a drone.' I appreciated the banter. The bees are ever busy, the drone is a thorough idler.
  2. Good-humoured bits of monologue and/or conversational prompts used in any of a wide range of occupations that must frequently interact with the public (for example, store clerks, salespersons, nurses). uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To engage in banter or playful conversation. intransitive
  2. To play or do something amusing. intransitive
  3. To tease (someone) mildly. transitive
    — Here comes the muſty trader, running over vvith remonſtrances. I muſt banter the cit.
  4. To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.). transitive
    — June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them.
  5. To delude or trick; to play a prank upon. transitive
    — [W]e diverted ourſelves vvith bantering ſeveral other poor Scholars, vvith hopes of being at leaſt his Lordſhip's Chaplains and putting on a Scarf; […]
  6. To challenge to a match. Southern,US,Western,colloquial,transitive
  7. To haggle; cheapen the price. UK,dialectal

词形变化

banters present,singular,third-person bantering participle,present bantered participle,past bantered past

词汇关系

衍生词
banterer banterous bantersome bantery bants soy banter Archbishop of Banterbury bant Bantersaurus Rex

词源

词源 1
1670s as verb, 1680s as noun. The origin is unknown, possibly from London street slang; ostensibly as *bant + -er (frequentative suffix). Possibly an Anglo-Gaelicism from the Irish bean (“woman”), so that "banter" means "talk of women."
词源 2
1670s as verb, 1680s as noun. The origin is unknown, possibly from London street slang; ostensibly as *bant + -er (frequentative suffix). Possibly an Anglo-Gaelicism from the Irish bean (“woman”), so that "banter" means "talk of women."
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