vt.
    
      - 用好話勸,哄誘[(+into/out of)][O2]
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He 
coaxed his elder sister into taking him to the circus.
他誘哄他姊姊帶他去看馬戲。
 
      - 哄得,誘得[O][(+from)]
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The boy 
coaxed a song from the little girl.
那男孩哄小女孩唱了個歌。
 
      - 耐心地處理,慢慢將……弄好[(+into/out of)][O2]
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They 
coaxed the grand piano through the door.
他們小心翼翼地把大鋼琴搬進門裡去。
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 勸誘,哄騙
 
    
    n.
    
      - 同軸電纜
 
    
   
  片語
  
    coax sb. into doing sth.
    
      - 哄騙某人做某事
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I 
coaxed him into taking me to a movie.
我說動了他帶我去看電影。
 
    
    coax sb. out of doing sth.
    
      - 哄騙某人不要做某事
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The mother 
coaxed the daughter out of going to the party alone.
母親好言相勸,不讓女兒獨自去參加聚會。
 
    
   
  衍生
  
  辨析
  
 coax1
 
/
kəʊks/
v.
 persuade (someone) gradually or by flattery to do something. 
▸use such persuasion to obtain (something).
 ▸arrange (something) carefully into a particular shape or position.
Derivative
- coaxer n.
  - coaxing adj.
  - coaxingly adv.
 
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘pet, fondle’): from obs. cokes ‘simpleton’, of unknown origin.