单词 | wheedle |
释义 | whee·dle (wēdl, hwēdl) v. whee·dled, whee·dling, whee·dles v.tr. 1. To obtain through the use of flattery or guile: a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me. 2. To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole: "They could marry on the fortune Miss Starling had wheedled her employer into leaving her" (W. Somerset Maugham). v.intr. To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends. [Origin unknown.] wheedler n. wheedling·ly adv. |
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