quiz
n.(广播或电视节目中的)一般知识测验，猜迷
释义2：
quiz
/ kwiz /
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
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