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語源 1

Back-formation from banting.

動詞

bant (third-person singular simple present bants, present participle banting, simple past and past participle banted)

1. (colloquial, now rare) To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet. [from 19th c.]
   • 1865 June 12, Pall Mall Gazette:

     If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 70, in Of Human Bondage:

     ‘I'm so sorry,’ she cried, jumping up. ‘I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees.’

   • 1969, Graham Greene, chapter 7, in Travels with my Aunt:

     ‘I have certainly never banted for the sake of a woman,’ I said jokingly.

語源 2

Clipping of banter.

名詞

bant (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of banter.

参考

• banting