名詞 quiz:

1. an examination consisting of a few short questions

動詞 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.
   在智力競賽中，劍橋隊遠勝牛津隊。
2. Match your skill against the experts in this quiz.
   在這一測驗中你與專家較量一下技巧吧。
3. We will have a quiz tomorrow morning.
   我們明天早晨進行一個小測驗。

quiz

v.tr.（及物動詞）
quizzed,quiz.zing,quiz.zes
To question closely or repeatedly; interrogate.
盤問：仔細或重復(fù)地詢問；質(zhì)問
To test the knowledge of by posing questions.See Synonyms at ask
進行測驗：通過提問題來檢查知識參見 ask
Chiefly British To poke fun at; mock.
【多用于英國】 戲弄…；嘲笑
n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 quiz.zes
A questioning or an inquiry.
提問或詢問
A short oral or written test.
簡單的測試：簡短的口頭或書面測試
A practical joke.
惡作劇

來源：
[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 這個詞的來源， 正象我們可能并不清楚測試中所有問題的答案一樣，但我們可以肯定的是這個詞最初被記錄時的意義與人有關(guān)，而不是測試，這個詞第一次被記錄下來是在782年，意思為.一個古怪或行為怪誕的人.。從這種意義的名詞派生出一個動詞，意思為.嘲笑或戲弄….和.以嘲諷的態(tài)度對待.。在英語并且很可能是在美國英語中，quiz 這個動詞形成了有關(guān)審問或提問的意思， 據(jù)猜測，這一現(xiàn)象的發(fā)生是因為quiz 使人聯(lián)想起 question ， inquisitive 或者可能 quiset 這個英國方言中的動詞， 意思為.提問.（很可能是inquisite 這個過時用語的縮寫形式，意思為.調(diào)查.）。 從這個意思中派生出學(xué)生們再熟悉不 過的名詞和動詞意思。記錄下這個名詞意義的第二個例子恰好出現(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)方面進行測試…可能有些獨特的幫助。.