English Dictionary

coax

IPA（発音記号）

/kəʊks/

動詞

廃用 他動詞

(obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease. / (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

日本語の意味

（古い用法）撫でる、もてあそぶ、イタズラをする / （他動詞）へつらいや甘言を用いて、徐々に説得する、取り入れようとする

He would coax the kitten under his chin, petting and teasing it until it purred.

彼は子猫をあごの下に寄せ、優しく撫でてじゃれさせると、子猫はゴロゴロと喉を鳴らした。

意味（1）

(obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease.

意味（2）

(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

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.

意味（3）

(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.

Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.

coaxes （ present singular third-person ）

coaxing （ participle present ）

coaxed （ participle past ）

coaxed （ past ）