banter

noun

1. （善意的）玩笑，打趣
   friendly remarks and jokes
   1. He enjoyed exchanging banter with the customers.
      他喜欢和顾客开玩笑。

verb

1. （和某人）开玩笑；逗乐
   to joke with sb
   1. He bantered with reporters and posed for photographers.
      他和记者们打趣，并摆姿势让摄影师拍照。

1. N-UNCOUNT （善意的）取笑，戏谑，打趣
   Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
   1. She heard Tom exchanging good-natured banter with Jane.
      她听见汤姆和简互相打趣。
2. V-RECIP （善意地和某人）开玩笑，打趣
   If you banter with someone, you tease them or joke with them in an amusing, friendly way.
   1. The soldiers bantered with him as though he was a kid brother...
      士兵们把他当作弟弟一样和他开着玩笑。
   2. We bantered a bit while I tried to get the car started.
      我试图发动车子的时候我们互相打趣了几句。
   3. All this was said in a bantering tone.
      这些都是当玩笑话说的。

1. She heard Tom exchanging good-natured banter with Jane.
   她听见汤姆和简互相打趣。
2. The soldiers bantered with him as though he was a kid brother
   士兵们把他当作弟弟一样和他开着玩笑。
3. We bantered a bit while I tried to get the car started.
   我试图发动车子的时候我们互相打趣了几句。
4. All this was said in a bantering tone.
   这些都是当玩笑话说的。
5. What truly grates is the painful banter.
   最让人气愤的是那个令人难堪的玩笑。
6. His team-mates opened hotel windows, shouting 'Jump!' and somewhat less printable banter.
   他的队友打开了酒店的窗户，大叫着“跳！”，还开了一些上不了台面的玩笑。
7. There was more good-natured banter about celia's "double elevation" before the evening ended.
   这天晚上，大家还就西莉亚的“双重提升”开了些善意的玩笑。
8. Sludge can be mean-spirited gossip or even friendly banter.
   负面言论可能是卑鄙的闲言碎语，也可能是友好的打趣。
9. In a telephone chat with fortune, they banter, each praising the other for his global perspective.
   在与《财富》杂志（Fortune）的电话访谈中，他们互开玩笑，对彼此的全局观不吝溢美之词。
10. There's no banter and it's hard to stay motivated.
    没有玩笑，而且很难保持积极的心态。
11. Most of my communication is by email so I miss the banter and chat over coffee.
    我大多数沟通都是通过电子邮件，所以我想念喝着咖啡和同事打趣闲聊的日子。
12. But that morning, the talk was different from their usual early-morning banter.
    但在那天凌晨，交谈内容不同于他们平时的玩笑。
13. It's seen as just a part of office banter, but for men it's equally upsetting.
    这仅被视为办公室幽默的一部分，但对男人也同样困扰。
14. Usually I just laugh or shrug it off; it makes for funny conversation banter.
    通常情况下我只是笑笑或耸耸肩；它也使得谈话轻松有趣。
15. I'm okay with it now though and enjoy the banter amongst the lads.
    现在我感觉好多了，能和队里的伙伴们开玩笑了。
16. I broke into laugh after reading it, and comforted him almost in a tone of banter.
    看完之后我大笑，然后回信用几乎是谐谑的口气安慰了他。
17. I do not banter you, I am in earnest.
    我没有同你开玩笑，我是认真的。
18. I would love for you to charm me with your dirty English banter.
    我想听你给我说英国笑话。
19. And think you're here for the sparkling banter and crabcakes.
    你来这里是为了谈笑和蟹饼。
20. He enjoyed exchanging banter with the customers.
    他喜欢和顾客开玩笑。
21. His tone contained the right mixture of banter and seriousness.
    他的口气是半戏谑半认真的。
22. Stuff we would never dare accuse each other of, we can do behind the shield of football banter.
    一些我们平时从来不敢相互指责的话，却可以躲在足球嘲弄的盾牌后完成。
23. He considered himself a master of witty banter.
    他认为自己是个开玩笑的好手。
24. She ignored the banter.
    她没有搭理他的戏谑。
25. The Banter of these silly women has put me in a Black mood.
    这些傻女人的嘲弄使我心情不好。
26. All right, let's dispense with the friendly banter. I believe you know why I'm here.
    我们还是别开玩笑，相信你也知道我为什么会在这里。
27. I was getting banter anxiety.
    我刚才还跟他开玩笑。
28. It is rude to banter a man out of his senses.
    戏弄他人而使其失去理性是无礼的。
29. Their banter was a sign of their friendship.
    开玩笑是他们之间友谊的象征。

  joke banter kid tease【导航词义：开玩笑】

  joke v. 开玩笑，说笑话

〔辨析〕指为逗乐而开玩笑。

  banter v. 逗乐，开玩笑

〔辨析〕指友善地打趣说笑。

  kid v. 〈非正式〉戏弄，开玩笑

〔辨析〕指通过告诉某人非真实的情况来戏弄他，通常用进行时。

  tease v. 取笑，戏弄

〔辨析〕指揶揄某人，或是善意的，或是为了让其生气或难堪。

noun

1. light teasing repartee

   Synonym:    raillerygive-and-takebackchat

verb

1. be silly or tease one another
   1. After we relaxed, we just kidded around

   Synonym:    kidchaffjollyjosh