| 释义 |
talkable, a.|ˈtɔːkəb(ə)l|
[f. talk v. + -able.]
a. Of a thing: That can or may be talked of or about.
b. Of a person: Ready to converse; affable. rare.
a1800Gen. Paoli in P. Fitzgerald Life J. Boswell (1891) I. viii. 91 So cheerful, so witty, so gentle, so talkable. 1830Blackw. Mag. XXVIII. 893 All speak—talk—whisper..of all the speakable, talkable, whisperable..interesting affairs, incidents and occurrences. 1859Mrs. Gaskell Lett. (1966) 546 If Papa gets over⁓busy; & not talkable as to-day! 1899H. Van Dyke Fisherman's Luck iii. i. 54 A person who has the rare merit of being talkable. ‘Talkable’ is not a new adjective. But it needs a new definition, and the complement of a corresponding noun{ddd}talkability. 1963R. Symons Many Trails iii. 31 A grown woman yearns for somebody more ‘talkable’ than a thirteen-year-old. |