/wu: ||; wu/verb[T] 1 to try to get the support of sb 争取…的支持;寻求…的赞同: Voters are being wooed with promises of lower taxes. 通过许诺减低税收争取选民。 Selected items are being sold at half price to woo customers into the store. 店内精选商品半价出售以吸引顾客。
2 (old-fashioned 旧) (used about a man) to try to persuade a woman to love him and marry him ﹙男子﹚追求﹙异性﹚;向…求爱﹙或求婚﹚