quiz

noun

/kwɪz/

(plural quizzes)

a competition or game in which people try to answer questions to test their knowledge知识竞赛；智力游戏
- a general knowledge quiz常识问答竞赛
- a television quiz show电视智力游戏节目
- The quiz will be a team event organized by the local school.测验将是由当地学校组织的团队活动。
- The magazine publishes a quiz once a month.这本杂志每月出版一次测验。
- The club has weekly quiz nights.这家俱乐部每周举行一次猜谜之夜的活动。
Wordfinder
- chat show
- documentary
- drama
- game show
- news
- programme
- quiz
- reality TV
- sitcom
- television
- a quiz about the week's news关于本周新闻的问答比赛
- He's the host of a popular TV quiz show.他是一档颇受欢迎的电视问答游戏节目的主持人。
- I'm useless at general knowledge quizzes.我在常识问答竞赛方面很差劲。
Topics TV, radio and newsa1, Games and toysa1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- pub
- radio
- television
- …
verb + quiz
- compile
- hold
- complete
- …
quiz + noun
- programme/program
- show
- evening
- …
preposition
- quiz about
(especially North American English) an informal test given to students小测验
- a reading comprehension quiz阅读理解小测验
- Students should never miss a quiz or exam without notifying their class counselor.学生不应该在没有通知他们的班主任的情况下错过测验或考试。
see also pop quiz
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- geography
- math
- etc.
- …
verb + quiz
- take
- retake
- flunk
- …
quiz + noun
- question
- score

词源mid 19th cent. (as a verb; originally US): possibly from quiz ‘look curiously or intently at someone as if through an eyeglass’, influenced by inquisitive.

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Exam is the usual word for a written, spoken or practical test at school or college, especially an important one that you need to do in order to get a qualification. Examination is a very formal word. A test is something that students might be given in addition to, or sometimes instead of, regular exams, to see how much they have learned. A very short informal test is called a quiz in North American English. Quiz in both North American English and British English also means a contest in which people try to answer questions:
- a trivia quiz难题问答竞赛
- a quiz show.问答竞赛节目

quiz

verb

/kwɪz/

[often passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they quiz	/kwɪz/ /kwɪz/
he / she / it quizzes	/ˈkwɪzɪz/ /ˈkwɪzɪz/
past simple quizzed	/kwɪzd/ /kwɪzd/
past participle quizzed	/kwɪzd/ /kwɪzd/
-ing form quizzing	/ˈkwɪzɪŋ/ /ˈkwɪzɪŋ/

to ask somebody a lot of questions about something in order to get information from them盘问；查问；询问；讯问 synonym question
- quiz somebody (about somebody/something) Four men are being quizzed by police about the murder.警察就这起谋杀案正在盘问四个男子。
- Police have been granted an extra 24 hours to quiz the men.警方被给予额外的24小时对这些人进行测试。
- quiz somebody on/over something We were quizzed on our views about education.我们被征询对教育的看法。
- More than half the people quizzed in a poll said they would not use the new service.民意调查中超过一半的人说他们不会使用这项新服务。
- They were quizzed over the betting shop killings.他们被问及赌场杀人事件。
quiz somebody (on something) (North American English) to give students an informal test测验（学生）
- You will be quizzed on chapter 6 tomorrow.明天将考你们第 6 章。

词源mid 19th cent. (as a verb; originally US): possibly from quiz ‘look curiously or intently at someone as if through an eyeglass’, influenced by inquisitive.