coax

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kəʊks/    美 /koʊks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A simpleton; a dupe. obsolete
    — Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory
  2. Clipping of coaxial cable. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To fondle, kid, pet, tease. obsolete
  2. To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. transitive
    — She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
  3. To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position. transitive
    — They coaxed the rope through the pipe.
形容词 adj.
  1. Clipping of coaxial. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,not-comparable

词形变化

coaxes present,singular,third-person coaxing participle,present coaxed participle,past coaxed past coaxes plural coaxes plural

词汇关系

近义词
blandander blandish butter up cajole fast-talk canoodle carny coax collogue croodle engle fleech honey around honey up hum ingle inveigle soap soft-sawder soft-soap stroke sweet-talk tweedle twist wheedle whilly word
上位词
flatter persuade suck up
衍生词
coaxable coaxer coaxy
并列词
bribe coerce tease

词源

词源 1
Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
词源 2
Shortened from coaxial
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