名詞 quiz:

1. an examination consisting of a few short questions

動(dòng)詞 quiz:

1. examine someone's knowledge of something
   同義詞：test

1. The Cambridge team were too much for the Oxford team in the quiz.
   在智力競(jìng)賽中，劍橋隊(duì)遠(yuǎn)勝牛津隊(duì)。
2. Match your skill against the experts in this quiz.
   在這一測(cè)驗(yàn)中你與專家較量一下技巧吧。
3. We will have a quiz tomorrow morning.
   我們明天早晨進(jìn)行一個(gè)小測(cè)驗(yàn)。

quiz

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
quizzed,quiz.zing,quiz.zes
To question closely or repeatedly; interrogate.
盤問(wèn)：仔細(xì)或重復(fù)地詢問(wèn)；質(zhì)問(wèn)
To test the knowledge of by posing questions.See Synonyms at ask
進(jìn)行測(cè)驗(yàn)：通過(guò)提問(wèn)題來(lái)檢查知識(shí)參見(jiàn) ask
Chiefly British To poke fun at; mock.
【多用于英國(guó)】 戲弄…；嘲笑
n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 quiz.zes
A questioning or an inquiry.
提問(wèn)或詢問(wèn)
A short oral or written test.
簡(jiǎn)單的測(cè)試：簡(jiǎn)短的口頭或書面測(cè)試
A practical joke.
惡作劇

來(lái)源：
[Origin unknown]
[詞源不明]

【引伸】
quiz.zer
n.（名詞）
<注釋>Although we do not know the origin of the wordquiz, just as we may not know the answers to all the questions on a quiz,we can say that its first recorded sense has to do with people,not tests.The term, first recorded in 782,meant .an odd or eccentric person..From the noun in this sense came a verbmeaning .to make sport or fun of. and .to regard mockingly..In English dialects and probably in American Englishthe verbquiz acquired senses relating to interrogation and questioning. This presumably occurredbecausequiz was associated with question, inquisitive, or perhaps the English dialect verb quiset, .to question. (probably itself short for obsoleteinquisite, .to investigate.). From this new area of meaning came the noun and verb senses all too familiar to students.The second recorded instance of the noun sense occurs in the writings of no less an educator than William James,who in a December 2', 8'7, letter proffers the hopethat .perhaps giving ‘quizzes’ in anatomy and physiology . . . may help along..
雖然我們不知道quiz 這個(gè)詞的來(lái)源， 正象我們可能并不清楚測(cè)試中所有問(wèn)題的答案一樣，但我們可以肯定的是這個(gè)詞最初被記錄時(shí)的意義與人有關(guān)，而不是測(cè)試，這個(gè)詞第一次被記錄下來(lái)是在782年，意思為.一個(gè)古怪或行為怪誕的人.。從這種意義的名詞派生出一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，意思為.嘲笑或戲弄….和.以嘲諷的態(tài)度對(duì)待.。在英語(yǔ)并且很可能是在美國(guó)英語(yǔ)中，quiz 這個(gè)動(dòng)詞形成了有關(guān)審問(wèn)或提問(wèn)的意思， 據(jù)猜測(cè)，這一現(xiàn)象的發(fā)生是因?yàn)?strong>quiz 使人聯(lián)想起 question ， inquisitive 或者可能 quiset 這個(gè)英國(guó)方言中的動(dòng)詞， 意思為.提問(wèn).（很可能是inquisite 這個(gè)過(guò)時(shí)用語(yǔ)的縮寫形式，意思為.調(diào)查.）。 從這個(gè)意思中派生出學(xué)生們?cè)偈煜げ?過(guò)的名詞和動(dòng)詞意思。記錄下這個(gè)名詞意義的第二個(gè)例子恰好出現(xiàn)在教育家威廉·詹姆斯的筆下。在8'7年2月2'日寫的一封信中，他提出一條希望：或許在解剖學(xué)和物理學(xué)方面進(jìn)行測(cè)試…可能有些獨(dú)特的幫助。.