| 释义 |
▪ I. quizzy, a.1|ˈkwɪzɪ|
[f. quiz n.1]
= quizzical 1.
1797–1805S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. V. 13 She had taken all this trouble for some quizzy old bachelor. 1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVII. 84 A quizzy couple, self-proclaimed as man and wife.
▪ II. quizzy, a.2|ˈkwɪzɪ|
[f. quiz v.2 + -y1.]
Inquisitive.
1933M. Lowry Ultramarine iii. 158 ‘You're either one way or the other!’ ‘A quizzy little bitch, anyhow!’ ‘—that's unfair.’ 1955D'A. Niland Shiralee 86, I don't want to be quizzy, Mac, but, if it's a fair question what's the drum? 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. x. 183 Quizzy flies never grow wise. 1968‘J. Le Carré’ Small Town in Germany vi. 99 Still quizzy:..he had to know exactly what each of us was up to. 1978O. White Silent Reach xii. 127 Don't be so quizzy, David..Mr. Sinclair needs a drink, not a cross-examination. |