sweettalkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

sweet talk (third-person singular simple present sweet talks, present participle sweet talking, simple past and past participle sweet talked)

1. (informal) Flattery; cajolery

名詞

sweet-talk (plural sweet-talks)

1. Alternative form of sweet talk.

動詞

sweet-talk (third-person singular simple present sweet-talks, present participle sweet-talking, simple past and past participle sweet-talked)

1. (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering.

   Synonyms: butter up, coax, canoodle, inveigle, wheedle, palaver, cajole; see also Thesaurus:coax

   • 1954 November, Mari Wolf, “The Very Secret Agent”, in If‎:

     His grin faded a little. "How'd you do it? Sweet-talk one of the guards into letting you in at the head of the line?"

   • 2021, Piper Davenport, The Bride Pursued‎, Sweet edition, Trixie Publishing, Inc.:

     “Oh, that he finagled. No fate involved. He saw you in the waiting area and sweet-talked the woman behind the counter to sit the two of you together.”

参考

参照

• “sweet-talk” in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2012; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.