quiz
v.tr.（及物动词）quizzed,quiz.zing,quiz.zes To question closely or repeatedly; interrogate.盘问：仔细或重复地询问；质问To test the knowledge of by posing questions.See Synonyms at ask 进行测验：通过提问题来检查知识参见 askChiefly British To poke fun at; mock.【多用于英国】 戏弄…；嘲笑n.（名词）【复数】 quiz.zes A questioning or an inquiry.提问或询问A short oral or written test.简单的测试：简短的口头或书面测试A practical joke.恶作剧
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quiz.zer
n.（名词）<注释>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..虽然我们不知道quiz 这个词的来源， 正象我们可能并不清楚测试中所有问题的答案一样，但我们可以肯定的是这个词最初被记录时的意义与人有关，而不是测试，这个词第一次被记录下来是在782年，意思为.一个古怪或行为怪诞的人.。从这种意义的名词派生出一个动词，意思为.嘲笑或戏弄….和.以嘲讽的态度对待.。在英语并且很可能是在美国英语中，quiz 这个动词形成了有关审问或提问的意思， 据猜测，这一现象的发生是因为quiz 使人联想起 question ， inquisitive 或者可能 quiset 这个英国方言中的动词， 意思为.提问.（很可能是inquisite 这个过时用语的缩写形式，意思为.调查.）。 从这个意思中派生出学生们再熟悉不 过的名词和动词意思。记录下这个名词意义的第二个例子恰好出现在教育家威廉·詹姆斯的笔下。在8'7年2月2'日写的一封信中，他提出一条希望：或许在解剖学和物理学方面进行测试…可能有些独特的帮助。.
