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单词 talkative
释义 talk·a·tive
\ˈtȯkəd.]iv, -ət]\ adjective
Etymology: talk (I) + -ative
: given to or filled with talking : loquacious, garrulous
 < was now, especially when fortified with liquor, as talkative as might be — W.M.Thackeray >
 < this is a talkative town and you are the last person it will spare — O.S.J.Gogarty >
 < for the first time in all these talkative weeks, people appeared to have nothing much to say, whether they approved of the decision or not — Mollie Panter-Downes >
 < a talkative book >
Synonyms:
 talkative, loquacious, garrulous, and voluble all apply to one given to talking; talkative usually stresses only a readiness to engage in talk but may suggest a disposition to enjoy conversation
  < told a number of his best Indian stories; for he was extremely talkative in man's society — W.M.Thackeray >
  < his wife was considerably younger … and talkative where he was monosyllabic — Dorothy Sayers >
  loquacious commonly implies fluency and ease in speech or an unusual talkativeness
  < talks in a rapid and persuasive fashion (he is described as loquacious and good-natured) — Current Biography >
  < the briskness of the mountain atmosphere, or some other cause, made everybody so loquacious — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
  garrulous usually stresses an unchecked, rambling, often foolish, sometimes tedious, talkativeness
  < this delightfully garrulous volume of memoirs — Books of the Month >
  < the Italian quarter, noisy, garrulous, good-natured, and vital — American Guide Series: Massachusetts >
  < did most of the talking: he was a garrulous young man — T.O.Heggen >
  < the glories of silent appreciation were shattered by garrulous nothings — William Beebe >
  < a garrulous old man >
  voluble suggests a free, easy, often seemingly endless loquacity
  < a voluble man, given to telling anecdotes — Jean Stafford >
  < was to placate voluble voters who came in to complain — Sinclair Lewis >
  < was very voluble, repeating, with increased circumlocutory detail and reference to what he had said to Dick and Dick to him, the account he had originally given to the police — Dorothy Sayers >
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