| 释义 |
sweet-talk, v. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈswiːt tɔːk|
[f. (as) next.]
a. trans. To cajole, flatter, persuade. Cf. smooth-talk v.
1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind xlvii. 836 Don't try to sweet talk me. 1955T. Williams Orpheus Descending ii. iv. 80 I'd say a peculiar slew-footer that sweet talks you while he's got his hand in the cashbox. 1965Listener 27 May 791/1 There she worked her life away on the edge of poverty, sweet-talking her customers as she lathered them. 1970J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 199 The ‘puller’ would come out and sweet-talk them into the store. 1981Observer 17 May 19/6 Many have tried over the years to sweet-talk Walsh into selling, but he remained strongly independent until the last.
b. intr. To talk persuasively or flatteringly.
1956H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) iv. 33, I would just have to sweet-talk a little. 1968L. Deighton Only when I Larf viii. 102 He'll switch on the charm and sweet-talk so hard that I am throwing my arms around him.
Hence ˈsweet-talker; ˈsweet-talking ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really Blues p. vi, To the sweettalkers, the gumbeaters, the highjivers. 1956R. Ellison in New World Writing ix. 230 Now he ain't like that ole clarinet; clarinet so sweet-talking he just eases you in the dozens. 1966J. B. Priestley Salt is Leaving vi. 81, I still say, my sweet-talking friend, that..you'd have..forgotten me. 1979Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. h 1/1 Why did he let himself be wheedled out of a lifetime job? Some sweet-talker, that Lyndon Johnson. 1981P. Niesewand Word of Gentleman xxxii. 221 We tried diplomacy and sweet talking. |