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。
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa1, Games and toysa1a 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pub
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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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- geography
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Word Originmid 19th cent. (as a verb; originally US): possibly from quiz ‘look curiously or intently at someone as if through an eyeglass’, influenced by inquisitive.
More About examsexams
- 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