coax

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第三人稱單數(shù):?coaxes;過去式:?coaxed;過去分詞:?coaxed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?coaxing;

諧音法：口渴死-----哄小孩讓我口渴死了。
2. 諧音“摳客私”-----連哄帶騙地一點一點地從客人的口中摳他的隱私。
3. coax <=====> hoax.

coax 哄誘

來自cock拼寫異體，俚語義笨蛋。

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.

1. He was delighted to coax the monoplane to 330 m.p.h.: 這架單翼飛機在他的擺弄下時速達到了每小時330英里，他感到很高興。

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)才勉強得到法國國王的許可。

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)年輕的受害人說出重要信息的過程中所起的作用。

4. He would stride on stage then proceed to coax the sweetest possible sounds out of his violin.: 他會大步走上舞臺，然后輕輕地拉他的小提琴，奏出美妙動聽的曲調(diào)。