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Banter is light, friendly talk in which people make jokes and teasing remarks about each other. It can be a thing (their banter made everyone laugh) or a verb (they bantered all the way home).
Banter is light, friendly talkBanter是輕鬆友善的談話，in which people make jokes and teasing remarks about each other裡面大家會互相開玩笑、互虧。It can be a thing它可以當名詞 (their banter made everyone laugh)（他們的互虧讓大家都笑了）or a verb也可以當動詞 (they bantered all the way home)（他們一路互虧回家）。
Friends do it on the bus, in a shop, in a changing room. British people use the word a lot; you will hear it in UK shows and around sport. The jokes are meant to feel warm, not to win.
on the bus在公車上、in a shop在店裡、in a changing room在更衣室裡，Friends do it朋友都會這樣互虧。British people use the word a lot英國人很常用這個字；in UK shows and around sport在英國的節目和運動場合 you will hear it你會聽到它。The jokes are meant to feel warm這些玩笑的用意是要讓人覺得溫暖，not to win不是要贏。
Though actually, people argue about this word now. Some say 'just banter' after a remark that is mean, sexist, or aimed at someone who is not laughing. Real banter is two-way: both people are in on it, and either person can stop it. If only one person is having fun, it has slipped into teasing.
Though actually不過，people argue about this word now現在大家對這個字有爭議。after a remark that is mean, sexist, or aimed at someone who is not laughing說了刻薄、帶性別歧視、或針對一個笑不出來的人的話之後，Some say 'just banter'有些人還是會說『just banter』（只是鬧著玩）。Real banter is two-way真正的banter是雙向的：both people are in on it兩個人都樂在其中，and either person can stop it而且任何一方都可以喊停。If only one person is having fun如果只有一個人覺得好玩，it has slipped into unkind teasing那就已經變成不友善的嘲弄了。
It is informal. You would not put it in a serious letter to a teacher.
It is informal這是口語用法。You would not put it你不會用它 in a serious letter to a teacher在寫給老師的正式信件裡。
組成We do not know the origin for sure. It shows up in the 1670s as a verb and in the 1680s as a noun. People have guessed old London street slang, as if a lost stem bant plus -er (a suffix that can mean 'keep doing it'). Another guess links it to Irish bean, 'woman,' as if it meant 'women's talk.' Both are only guesses.
同家族的字
- banteringthe -ing form: the same teasing talk, or a teasing tone of voice
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
banternoun/ˈbæntə/
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Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
- 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.
- This bullying continuum illustrates the progressive escalation from harmless banter to bullying and criminal behaviours.
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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).
banterverb/ˈbæntə/
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To engage in banter or playful conversation.
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To play or do something amusing.
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To tease (someone) mildly.
- Here comes the muſty trader, running over vvith remonſtrances. I muſt banter the cit.
- Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day.
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To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- 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.
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To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- [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; […]
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To challenge to a match.
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dialectalTo haggle; cheapen the price.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。