Cozen



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 欺瞒, 欺骗
• ［英］ v. 欺骗, 哄骗 ( coax)
• ［类］ 反义词;deal with forthrightly ( 直率对待)
• ［例］ cozen sb. out of his money ( 骗钱)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (cozened; cozening)

• Etymology: perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare, from Italian cozzone horse trader, from Latin cocion-, cocio trader
• Date: 1573
• 1. to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
• 2. to gain by cozening someone <cozened his supper out of the old couple
• Synonyms: see cheat
• ? cozener noun

记忆

和cousin发音一样，骗吃骗喝的都是表兄弟～

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