◙ (pl. -ies) 1. a question, especially one addressed to an official or organization • （尤指向官员或组织提出的）问题；疑问；询问；质问 »if you have any queries please telephone our office. 若有疑问，请给我们办公室打电话。 used in writing or speaking to question the accuracy of a following statement or to introduce a question • ［用于写作或讲话中就后面的陈述提出疑问或引出问题］请问 (chiefly Printing)a question mark • [主印刷] 问号 ◙ (-ies, -ied) 1. [reporting verb] ask a question about something, especially in order to express one's doubts about it or to check its validity or accuracy • 提出疑问；询问；质问 »[with clause] many people queried whether any harm had been done. 许多人质问是否已造成什么危害。 »[with obj.] I rang the water company to query my bill. 我给自来水公司打电话对账单上的水费提出疑问。 »[with direct speech] ‘Why not?’ he queried. “为何不可？”他问道。 [with obj.] (chiefly US)put a question or questions to (someone) • [主美] 向…提出疑问；询问 »when these officers were queried, they felt unhappy. 这些军官受到询问时感到很不高兴。
【语源】
1. mid 17th cent.: Anglicized form of the Latin imperative quaere!, used in the 16th cent. in English as a verb in the sense 'inquire' and as a noun meaning 'query', from Latin quaerere 'ask, seek'