词典释义：
a test of knowledge, especially as a competition between individuals or teams as a form of entertainment
知识测验；智力竞赛，问答比赛。
〈非 正式，主英〉 （尤指警方调查或正式调查中的）询问，盘问，审问。
〈北美〉 小测验。
ask (someone) questions
询问，审问，盘问
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four men have been quizzed about the murder .就这一谋杀案四名男子已受到审问。
〈北美〉 测验（学生，班级）。
look curiously or intently at (someone) through or as if through an eyeglass
（透过镜片）好奇地（或仔细地）打量
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deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight .镜片后深陷的双眼在烛光下仔细地打量着她。
make fun of
戏弄，取笑
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he says there's a great deal of poetry in brewing beer, but of course he's only quizzing us .他说啤酒酿制颇有诗意，但他当然是在跟我们开玩笑。
a practical joke or hoax; a piece of banter or ridicule
恶作剧，戏弄，嘲弄
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I am impatient to know if the whole be not one grand quiz .我迫不及待地想知道整个事情是不是一个大恶作剧。
a person who ridicules another; a hoaxer or practical joker
戏弄他人者，取笑者，恶作剧者
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braving the ridicule with which it pleased the quizzes to asperse the husband chosen for her .勇敢地面对这帮好事者嘲弄，以诽谤为她所选的丈夫取乐。
a person who is odd or eccentric in character or appearance
（性格，相貌）古怪的人
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she means to marry that quiz for the sake of his thousands .她想嫁给那个古怪的人是为了他的万贯钱财。
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