Definition
话匣子有两个主要含义。旧义指留声机或老式收音机，现在已经很少用。现代口语中更常用来比喻话特别多的人，相当于英语的'chatterbox'。当你听到'她的∼又打开了'，意思是她又开始不停地说个没完——这个意象像打开了一个装满话的匣子。作为名词，它既可以直指人，也可以指'开始滔滔不绝地说话'这个动作的触发点。
n.
(dated) phonograph or old-fashioned radio(figurative) chatterboxsomeone who talks incessantly
Examples
- ，话匣子。Tā yī jiàndào lǎo péngyou, huà xiá zi jiù dǎkāi le.As soon as she saw an old friend, she started chattering away.
- 话匣子。Wǒmen bàngōngshì nà ge huà xiá zi cóng zǎo shuō dào wǎn.That chatterbox in our office talks from morning till night.
- 话匣子，。Yéye hái liúzhe nà tái lǎoshì huà xiá zi, yǐjīng bù néng tīng le.Grandpa still keeps that old-fashioned radio, but it doesn't work anymore.
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