banter

US [ˈbæntər]
UK [ˈbæntə(r)]
  • v.（和某人）开玩笑；逗乐
  • n.打趣
  • Web戏谑；嘲弄；取笑
Past Participle：bantered  Present Participle：bantering  Simple Present：banters  

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banter
n.
1.
[u]
（善意的）玩笑，打趣friendly remarks and jokes
He enjoyed exchanging banter with the customers.
他喜欢和顾客开玩笑。
v.
1.
[i]
~ (with sb)
（和某人）开玩笑；逗乐to joke with sb
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。

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Definition:
AllAll,开玩笑开玩笑,逗乐逗乐,打趣打趣,戏谑戏谑,嘲弄嘲弄,取笑取笑
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Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
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。
jiù xiàng tā men suǒ shuō de , zhè tīng qǐ lái jiù xiàng shì wǒ néng zài wèi yú bā lí de jiā lǐ tīng dào de xiào huà 。
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2.
There seems to be a vague banter occurring between Ventress and Obi-Wan -- what's up with that?
有场戏似乎是文崔斯和欧比万在互相暧昧地打趣——那是怎么回事？
yǒu chǎng xì sì hū shì wén cuī sī hé ōu bǐ wàn zài hù xiāng ài mèi de dǎ qù —— nà shì zěn me huí shì ?
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3.
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。
yǒu yī cì , yī gè yīng guó rén hé yī gè sū gé lán rén zài yì qǐ xì xuè 。
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4.
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。
pí ěr sī xiān sheng hái zài kàn cài dān , kàn qǐ lái nà yàng wēn hé yòu zhuāng zhòng , hái shí bù shí yòng cū yǎ dàn yòu qīn qiè de sǎng yīn xún wèn tā ér zǐ 。
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5.
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。
zhè zhǒng xì xuè shì wǒ zài gōng zuò zhōng zǒng shì cuò guò de yī jiàn shì , yīn wèi wǒ cóng wèi yǔ dà jiā gòng yòng yī gè bàn gōng shì huò gōng zuò jiān 。
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6.
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。
tā zuò xià lái hé páng biān de rén kāi le gè duì wǒ ér yán háo wú yì yì de wán xiào , yǒu jǐ gè rén zài qiè xiào 。
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7.
He's still learning English but he's full part of the banter and everyone loves him in the changing room.
他还在学习英语，但是他是每个人喜欢开玩笑的对象，更衣室里人人都爱他。
tā hái zài xué xí yīng yǔ , dàn shì tā shì měi gè rén xǐ huan kāi wán xiào de duì xiàng , gēng yī shì lǐ rén rén dōu ài tā 。
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8.
Exaggerated accounts spread through the school, and sometimes when I did not know a les- son some master would banter me.
这件事被渲染了一番，在学校里流传，有堂课上老师还拿我打趣。
zhè jiàn shì bèi xuàn rǎn le yì fān , zài xué xiào lǐ liú chuán , yǒu táng kè shàng lǎo shī hái ná wǒ dǎ qù 。
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9.
Banter is a poetry form of mirth to make light of the happenstance of the day. Banter is associated with dragon lore dreamtime.
欢唱是一种欢乐的诗歌形式，用以创造一天的光之偶发事件，欢唱是在龙之奥义的梦想时间发生的。
huān chàng shì yī zhǒng huān lè de shī gē xíng shì , yòng yǐ chuàng zào yī tiān de guāng zhī ǒu fā shì jiàn , huān chàng shì zài lóng zhī ào yì de mèng xiǎng shí jiān fā shēng de 。
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10.
'People don't want their drivers to be robots. What is the world coming to when you can't have a bit of friendly banter with passengers? '
“人们不会希望司机都像机器人一样。如果和乘客之间不能说笑，世界将会变得多么冷冰冰啊。”
" rén men bú huì xī wàng sī jī dōu xiàng jī qì rén yí yàng 。 rú guǒ hé chéng kè zhī jiān bù néng shuō xiào , shì jiè jiāng huì biàn de duō me lěng bīng bīng a 。 "
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