woo/wu; wuː/ v [T] 1 to try to persuade someone to support you or vote for you 争取〔某人的〕支持[选票]: Politicians were busy wooing voters. 政客们都在忙着争取选民的支持。 2old-fashioned if a man woos a woman, he spends time with her, hoping to persuade her to marry him 【过时】 〔男子〕向〔女子〕求爱,求婚