单词 | quizmaster |
释义 | > as lemmasquizmaster quizmaster n. †(a) North American a teacher or other person giving a quiz to students (obsolete); (b) chiefly British a person who presides over a quiz game, esp. on radio or television; = question master n. at question n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > other schoolteachers gerund-grinder1710 hedge-schoolmaster1830 grammatist1850 discipline master1863 quizmaster1878 careers master1943 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > quiz or panel game > [noun] > one who presides over quizmaster1878 question master1937 1878 Med. & Surg. Reporter 21 Dec. 541/2 This is a sort of vest-pocket compendium of chemistry, arranged in the form of question and answer, so that the student can readily post himself on the inquiries likely to be propounded to him by the quiz master or the professor. 1889 Cent. Dict. Quiz-master, the teacher or leader of a quiz-class. 1949 Radio Times 15 July 15/1 Round Britain Quiz... Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding. 1964 C. Barber Ling. Change Present-day Eng. ii. 20 B.B.C. announcers may be less influential than comedians, quizmasters, compères, and ‘personalities’. 1996 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) 18 Aug. 15/1 The appointment of the former Sale Of The Century quizmaster has proven a perilous investment for Seven. < as lemmas |
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