Why do the aged tend to be taciturn?

很多老年人为什么沉默寡言？

The scholar was reticent, aloof, and meditative.

这位学者寡言少语、离而且总在沉思。

The ant is the most industrious animal; however, it is the most taciturn one.

没有任何动物比蚂蚁更勤奋，然而它却最沉默寡言。

He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.

打破了平时一沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我。

Her uncle was a silent, uncommunicative Yankee farmer.

她伯父一个沉默寡言的美国式农。

He is a man of few words.

个沉默寡言的人。

Scholars are a quiet breed.

学者们大都沉默寡言。

Gradually he became silent.

渐渐地变得沉默寡言了。