coaxとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /kəʊks/
• (米国発音) enPR: kōks, IPA: /koʊks/
• 韻: -əʊks, -oʊks
• 異形同音異義語: Cokes, cokes

動詞

coax (third-person singular simple present coaxes, present participle coaxing, simple past and past participle coaxed)

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

   Synonyms: caress, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle

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

   Synonyms: cajole, canoodle, persuade, tease, trap, wheedle; see also Thesaurus:coax

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.

   He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.

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

   Synonym: ease

   They coaxed the rope through the pipe.

   • 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:

     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.

   • 1908, E Young, “Chapter 2 In Eastern Venice”, in Peeps at Many Lands: Siam, London: Adam and Charles Black, page 6:

     When the occupant of one of these floating dwellings wishes to move, […] he calls to his aid a number of muscular friends and relatives, and then, with the aid of great shovel-shaped paddles, they coax the home away to its new locality.

派生語

名詞

coax (plural coaxes)

1. (obsolete) A simpleton; a dupe.
   • c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory

語源 2

Shortened from coaxial

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkəʊæks/
• (米国発音) enPR: kōʹăks, IPA: /koʊæks/

名詞

coax (countable and uncountable, plural coaxes)

1. Clipping of coaxial cable.

   Synonym: coax cable

形容詞

coax (not comparable)

1. Clipping of coaxial.

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “coax”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• coxa