coax
英 [k??ks]
美 [koks]
- vt. 哄；哄誘；慢慢將…弄好
- vi. 哄騙；勸誘
助記提示
諧音法：口渴死-----哄小孩讓我口渴死了。
2. 諧音“摳客私”-----連哄帶騙地一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地從客人的口中摳他的隱私。
3. coax <=====> hoax.
中文詞源
coax 哄誘來(lái)自cock拼寫(xiě)異體，俚語(yǔ)義笨蛋。
英文詞源
- coax
- coax: [16] In the 16th and 17th century a cokes was a ‘simpleton, someone easily duped’ (it is not known where the word came from, although it might perhaps be related to cockney). To cokes someone was thus to ‘make a cokes of them, fool them’. This spelling survived until the 18th century, when it was supplanted by coax. The word’s meaning, meanwhile, had passed via ‘treat as a simpleton or pet’ and ‘fondle’ to ‘wheedle’.
- coax (v.)
- 1580s, originally in slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "a fool, ninny, simpleton" (1560s); modern spelling is 1706. Origin obscure, perhaps related to cock (n.1). Related: Coaxed; coaxing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was delighted to coax the monoplane to 330 m.p.h.
- 這架單翼飛機(jī)在他的擺弄下時(shí)速達(dá)到了每小時(shí)330英里，他感到很高興。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. It took Louis until Easter to coax a grudging consent from the French King.
- 路易斯連哄帶騙，直到復(fù)活節(jié)才勉強(qiáng)得到法國(guó)國(guó)王的許可。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The WPC talked yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim.
- 昨天，這名女警談到自己在誘導(dǎo)年輕的受害人說(shuō)出重要信息的過(guò)程中所起的作用。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He would stride on stage then proceed to coax the sweetest possible sounds out of his violin.
- 他會(huì)大步走上舞臺(tái)，然后輕輕地拉他的小提琴，奏出美妙動(dòng)聽(tīng)的曲調(diào)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. If you can't coax her , bring her by force.
- 騙不動(dòng),就用蠻功!
來(lái)自子夜部分