n.[C]

1. 考查，测验；提问
   The teacher gave us a quiz in English.

   老师给我们测验英文。

2. （电视等节目中的）智力竞赛
3. 恶作剧；挖苦，戏弄
4. 挖苦者，戏弄者

vt.

1. 挖苦，嘲弄
2. （好奇地）张望
3. 对……进行测验；查问，盘问[（+about）]
   He quizzed me about my reasons for leaving.

   他问我为什么要走。

   The students were quizzed on history.

   对学生进行了历史测验。

n.

1. a test of knowledge, especially as a competition for entertainment.
2. informal, chiefly Brit. a period of questioning.
3. N. Amer. a short test or examination.

v.

1. question (someone).
2. N. Amer. test or examine (students).

v.

1. look intently at (someone) through or as if through an eyeglass.
2. make fun of.

n.

1. a hoax.
   ▸a person who ridicules or hoaxes another.
2. an odd or eccentric person.