形容词(adjective):健谈的,爱说话的,话多的。形容一个人喜欢说话,经常说很多话。
/ˈtɔːkətɪv/
She is very talkative and always makes friends easily.
她非常健谈,总是很容易交到朋友。
After a few glasses of wine, even the quietest person at the table became talkative, sharing stories from their childhood that no one had ever heard before.
几杯酒下肚后,桌上最安静的人也变得健谈起来,分享起了那些从未有人听过的童年故事。
talkative 由动词 talk(说话)加上后缀 -ative 构成。talk 源自中古英语 talken,可能与古英语 talu(故事、叙述)有关。后缀 -ative 来自拉丁语,表示"倾向于……的",因此 talkative 字面意思就是"倾向于说话的",即"健谈的、话多的"。该词最早出现于15世纪。