English Dictionary

quiz

IPA（発音記号）

/kwɪz/

名詞

古風

(dated) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing. / (dated) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person. / A competition in the answering of questions.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れの）風変わりな、不可解な、あるいは馬鹿げた人または物 / （時代遅れの）質問攻めや詮索する人 / 質問の答えを競い合う競技、クイズ大会、知識コンテスト

Everyone in the village called old Mr. Hargreaves a quiz because he talked to scarecrows and painted doorframes purple.

村の人々は、ハーグリーブズおじいさんが案山子に話しかけ、戸枠を紫に塗ったので変わり者と呼んでいた。

意味（1）

(dated) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.

I've always heard he was a quiz, says another, or a quoz, or some such word ; but I did not know he was such a book-worm.

意味（2）

(dated) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person.

意味（3）

A competition in the answering of questions.

We came second in the pub quiz.

意味（4）

(education) A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

For many it is hard to envision a scenario where a student completes an online quiz (or test) without using their smartphone, tablet, or other device to look up the answers, or ‘share’ those answers with other students.

quizzes （ plural ）