quiz

quiz1
(pl. quizzes)
  1. a test of knowledge, especially as a competition between individuals or teams as a form of entertainment
    知识测验；智力竞赛，问答比赛
    ■(informal, chiefly Brit.)an act of questioning someone, especially as part of a police investigation or a formal inquiry
    (非正式，主英)（尤指警方调查或正式调查中的）询问，盘问，审问
    ■(N. Amer.)an informal written test or examination given to students
    (北美)小测验
(quizzes, quizzed, quizzing)
  1. [with obj.](常作 be quizzed)ask (someone) questions
    询问，审问，盘问
    four men have been quizzed about the murder.
    就这一谋杀案四名男子已受到审问。
    ■(N. Amer.)give (a student or class) an informal written test or examination
    (北美)测验（学生，班级）
语源
  1. mid 19th cent. (as a verb; originally US): possibly from quiz, influenced by inquisitive
quiz2
(archaic)(古)
(quizzes, quizzed, quizzing)
[with obj.]
  1. look curiously or intently at (someone) through or as if through an eyeglass
    （透过镜片）好奇地（或仔细地）打量
    deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight.
    镜片后深陷的双眼在烛光下仔细地打量着她。
  2. make fun of
    戏弄，取笑
    he says there's a great deal of poetry in brewing beer, but of course he's only quizzing us.
    他说啤酒酿制过程中有大量的诗意，但他当然是在跟我们开玩笑。
(pl. quizzes)
  1. a practical joke or hoax; a piece of banter or ridicule
    恶作剧，戏弄，嘲弄
    I am impatient to know if the whole be not one grand quiz.
    我迫不及待地想知道整个事情是不是一个大恶作剧。
    ■a person who ridicules another; a hoaxer or practical joker
    戏弄他人者，取笑者，恶作剧者
    braving the ridicule with which it pleased the quizzes to asperse the husband chosen for her.
    好事者以诽谤为她所选的丈夫为乐，（她）勇敢地面对这种嘲弄。
  2. a person who is odd or eccentric in character or appearance
    （性格，相貌）古怪的人
    she means to marry that quiz for the sake of his thousands.
    她想嫁给那个古怪的人是为了他的万贯钱财。
派生
quizzer
noun
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: sometimes said to have been invented by a Dublin theatre proprietor who, having made a bet that a nonsense word could be made known within 48 hours throughout the city, and that the public would give it a meaning, had the word written up on walls all over the city. There is no evidence to support this theory
英语宝典
热门查询
英语宝典
考试词汇表
　
返回
搜单词
背单词