资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wheedled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wheedling}.] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a
   dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen
   to blow, and E. wind, n.]
   1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

            The unlucky art of wheedling fools.   --Dryden.

            And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson.

   2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.

            A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
            which I wheedled out of her.          --Congreve.