(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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- N. Amer. an informal written test or examination given to students〈北美〉小测验。
(quizzes, quizzed, quizzing)with obj.(常作be quizzed)
1- 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。
1.1
- N. Amer. give (a student or class) an informal written test or examination〈北美〉测验（学生, 班级）。
词源
mid 19th cent. （as a verb; originally US）： possibly from QUIZ2， influenced by INQUISITIVE.
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.
他说啤酒酿制颇有诗意, 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。
1.1
- 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.
勇敢地面对这帮好事者嘲弄, 以诽谤为她所选的丈夫取乐。
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。
派生词
quizzer
noun词源
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.