/'kəʊks; koks/
v [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t]
1 ~ sb (into/out of (doing) sth) persuade sb gently or gradually 劝诱或哄劝某人
*He coaxed her into letting him take her to the cinema. 他哄得她同意带她去看电影.
* She coaxed him out of his bad temper. 她循循善诱地劝他改掉坏脾气.
* coax a child to take its medicine 哄小孩儿吃药
* (fig 比喻) coax a fire with (ie make it burn by adding) paraffin 加上煤油把火点着.
2 (phr v) coax sth outof/from sb obtain sth from sb by gentle persuasion 用好言好语劝说某人以得到某事物
*I had to coax the information out of him. 我得用好话套出他掌握的情况.
* She coaxed a smile from the baby. 她哄得婴儿一笑.

v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: cokes 'stupid person' (16-17 centuries)]
to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do by talking to them in a kind, gentle, and patient way
　'Please, Vic, come with us,' Nancy coaxed.
coax sb into/out of (doing) sth
　We had to coax Alan into going to school.
coax sb to do sth
　We watched the bear coax its cubs to enter the water.
coax sb down/out/back etc
　Firefighters managed to coax the man down from the roof.
to make something such as a machine do something by dealing with it in a slow, patient, and careful way
coax sth out of/from/into etc sth
　He coaxed a fire out of some dry grass and twigs.
　The driver coaxed his bus through the snow.
>coaxingn[U]
　She needs a bit of gentle coaxing.
>coaxinglyadv
coax out of/from [coax sth out of/from sb] phr v
to persuade someone to tell you something or give you something
　I managed to coax some money out of Dad.