garrulous
garrulous — 形容詞
- garrulouspositive
- more garrulouscomparative
- most garruloussuperlative
1. People describe someone as garrulous when that person talks too much and too oft
聒噪的
形容人說話太多，內容無聊，令人厭煩
People describe someone as garrulous when that person talks too much and too often, filling conversations with trivial details that make listeners lose patience.
Salma's garrulous seatmate talked for three hours about his stamp collection and his cat's diet.
Salma 那位聒噪的鄰座乘客在整趟三小時的飛行中一直說他的郵票收藏和貓的飲食習慣。
garrulous + noun describing a person
The quiet librarian became garrulous after a single glass of wine at the party.
那位安靜的圖書館員在派對上喝了一杯酒後，變得聒噪起來。
become + garrulous (change of state)
Chidi tried to read, but his garrulous uncle kept interrupting with stories about strangers.
Chidi 試著看書，但他那喋喋不休的舅舅一直打斷他，講一些陌生人的故事。
Nellie avoided the garrulous neighbour, knowing he would talk for hours without stopping.
Nellie 刻意避開那位聒噪的鄰居，知道他一開口就會說個沒完。
The dinner party grew awkward as the host's garrulous father dominated every conversation.
晚宴變得尷尬起來，因為主人聒噪的父親掌控了每一段對話。
- talkative
neutral or mildly positive; much more common in everyday English; CEFR B1
- chatty
informal and friendly; suggests enjoyable conversation rather than annoying chatter; CEFR A2
- loquacious
formal synonym for 'talkative'; similar register to garrulous but lacks the connotation of annoying triviality; CEFR C2
- verbose
describes speech or writing that uses too many words, not the speaker's personality trait; CEFR C1
文法句型
garrulous + noun (garrulous neighbour)
be/link-verb + garrulous (become garrulous)
用法筆記
Garrulous has a distinctly negative tone — it implies that the speaker finds the talking excessive, tiresome, or annoying. It is not a neutral synonym for 'talkative' or 'chatty', and it is more common in formal or literary writing than in everyday conversation.