(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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- chiefly Printing a question mark【主印刷】问号。
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-ies, -ied
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了什么危害
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。
1.1
- 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。
词源
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'.