【banter】 - SAT备考词汇

banter

UK:  ['bæntə(r)]

US:  ['bæntər]

过去分词：bantered  现在分词：bantering  第三人称单数：banters  

v.

1.开玩笑

2.打趣逗乐;拿…打哈哈

3.(没有恶意地)取笑;〔美方〕挑,逗

4.戏谑

5.逗弄;取笑

n.

1.(没有恶意的)开玩笑,逗乐

2.玩笑;风趣对话,谈笑风生

3.〔美方〕挑战

4.寒暄

5.善意地取笑

1 . He sat down and exchanged witty banter with an executive I did not know that made no sense to me. A few people laughed.
他坐下来和旁边的人开了个对我而言毫无意义的玩笑，有几个人在窃笑。

2 . That kind of banter was one thing I had always missed out on in my work life, because I had never shared an office or workspace.
这种戏谑是我在工作中总是错过的一件事，因为我从未与大家共用一个办公室或工作间。

3 . Mr. Pierce kept studying the menu with an air of good-natured seriousness, quizzing his son from time to time with gruff but genial banter.
皮尔斯先生还在看菜单，看起来那样温和又庄重，还时不时用粗哑但又亲切的嗓音询问他儿子。

4 . Let an Englishman and a Scotchman come together for a bit of banter.
有一次，一个英国人和一个苏格兰人在一起戏谑。

5 . As they talk it sounds like the kind of banter I could hear at home in Paris.
就像他们所说的，这听起来就像是我能在位于巴黎的家里听到的笑话。