• vt. 哄；哄誘；慢慢將…弄好
• vi. 哄騙；勸誘

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。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It took Louis until Easter to coax a grudging consent from the French King.

路易斯連哄帶騙，直到復活節才勉強得到法國國王的許可。

來自柯林斯例句

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年輕的受害人說出重要信息的過程中所起的作用。

來自柯林斯例句

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。

來自柯林斯例句

5. If you can't coax her , bring her by force.

騙不動,就用蠻功!

來自子夜部分