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to persuade somebody to give you something or do something by saying nice things that you do not mean （用言语）哄 - wheedle something (out of somebody)
The kids can always wheedle money out of their father. 孩子们总是能从父亲那里哄出钱来。 🔊🔊 - wheedle somebody into doing something
She wheedled me into lending her my new coat. 她用花言巧语哄我把新大衣借给了她。 🔊🔊 - + speech
‘Come on, Em,’ he wheedled. “快点，爱玛。” 他哄道。 🔊🔊
Word Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps from German wedeln ‘cringe, fawn’, from Wedel ‘tail, fan’.- wheedle something (out of somebody)