資料來源 : pyDict

小考,隨堂測驗,惡作劇嘲弄,簡單測驗,惡作劇

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quiz \Quiz\, v. i.
   To conduct a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.]

Quiz \Quiz\, n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin
   playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should
   be the common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-fours. In
   consequence of this the letters q u i z were chalked by him
   on all the walls of Dublin, with an effect that won the
   wager. Perhaps, however, originally a variant of whiz, and
   formerly the name of a popular game.]
   1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous
      hoax.

   2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

   3. An odd or absurd fellow. --Smart. Thackeray.

   4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a
      coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.]

Quiz \Quiz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Quizzing}.]
   1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
      seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure
      questions.

            He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
                                                  --Thackeray.

   2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

   3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.]

   {Quizzing glass}, a small eyeglass.

資料來源 : WordNet®

quiz
     n : an examination consisting of a few short questions
     [also: {quizzing}, {quizzes}, {quizzed}, {quizzes} (pl)]

quiz
     v : examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests
         us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular
         verbs" [syn: {test}]
     [also: {quizzing}, {quizzes}, {quizzed}, {quizzes} (pl)]