Describing a person who talks a lot — by nature, not just today. It points at a habit or a personality, which is why we say "he's a talkative child" rather than "he was talkative at 3pm".

Describing a person who talks a lot描述一個很愛講話的人——by nature, not just today是天生的個性，不是只有今天這樣。It points at a habit or a personality它指的是習慣或個性，which is why we say "he's a talkative child"這也是為什麼我們會說「he's a talkative child他是個話多的孩子」，rather than "he was talkative at 3pm"而不是「he was talkative at 3pm他下午三點的時候話很多」。

The feeling of the word is mild and mostly neutral, sometimes even warm: a talkative shop owner makes the shop friendly. But it leans slightly toward "more than I wanted", so a teacher writing "talkative in class" on a report card is complaining.

The feeling of the word is mild and mostly neutral這個字的語感溫和、大致中性，sometimes even warm有時候甚至帶點溫暖：a talkative shop owner makes the shop friendlya talkative shop owner話多的店主會讓店裡感覺很親切。But it leans slightly toward "more than I wanted"但它稍微偏向「比我想要的還多」，so a teacher writing "talkative in class" on a report card is complaining所以老師在成績單上寫「talkative in class上課話多」，其實是在抱怨。

Two useful patterns. It often appears with a comparison to the person's normal self — "you're very talkative this evening" means more than usual, and can hint that something has loosened the tongue, such as good news or a drink.

Two useful patterns有兩個實用的用法模式。It often appears with a comparison to the person's normal self它常常拿來跟這個人平常的樣子做比較——"you're very talkative this evening" means more than usual「you're very talkative this evening你今天晚上話特別多」，意思是比平常還多，and can hint that something has loosened the tongue, such as good news or a drink而且可能暗示有什麼事讓人話變多了，像是好消息或喝了點酒。

And it works for animals and even machines in a joking way: a talkative parrot, a talkative GPS. The opposite words are quiet, shy, or reserved.

And it works for animals and even machines in a joking way而且開玩笑的時候它也能用在動物甚至機器上：a talkative parrota talkative parrot話很多的鸚鵡，a talkative GPSa talkative GPS話很多的衛星導航。The opposite words are quiet, shy, or reserved相反的詞是quiet安靜、shy害羞，或reserved拘謹內斂。