banter

名词 banter:

1. light teasing repartee
   同义词：raillery, give-and-take, backchat

动词 banter:

1. be silly or tease one another
   同义词：kid, chaff, jolly, josh

1. Good-natured teasing or ridicule; banter.
   打趣，取笑善意的取笑或逗弄; 打趣
2. 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。
3. Light, playful banter.
   戏谑轻松逗弄的玩笑

ban.ter

n.（名词）
Good-humored, playful conversation.
轻松、幽默的谈话
v.（动词）
ban.tered,ban.ter.ing,ban.ters
v.tr.（及物动词）
To speak to in a playful or teasing way.
取笑：以开玩笑或戏弄的方式讲话
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To exchange mildly teasing remarks.
相互善意地取笑

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【引伸】
ban.terer
n.（名词）
ban.teringly
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>banter,chaff,josh,kid,rag,razz,ribThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to poke fun at good-humoredly.:
这些动词的中心意思都有.善意地取笑.：
例句：
bantered with her colleagues about their long coffee breaks;
她戏谑地取笑同事们的喝咖啡时间总是很长；

例句：
chaffed her for forgetting the appointment;
人们揶揄她忘了约好的事；

例句：
joshed his brother about his strange new haircut;
他取笑他弟弟奇怪的新发式；

例句：
thought you were kidding me;
我以为你是在和我开玩笑；

例句：
ragged her about being so stubborn;
取笑她总是冥顽不灵；

例句：
razzed the teammate who missed the shot;
讥笑没有射中球的队员；

例句：
ribbing a friend for being helplessly in love.
取笑正恋爱得无力自拔的朋友。