| 单词 | quiz kid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquiz kid quiz kid n. originally and chiefly U.S. (a) (with capital initials) a child who participated in Quiz Kids, a radio and (later) television quiz show (see quot. 19401); (b) (in extended use) an ostentatiously intelligent person, esp. a young one. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] clever-boots1847 smarty1847 smart alec1864 clever-clogs1866 clever-sides1886 clever Dick1895 wise guy1896 wisenheimer1904 smarty-pants1935 quiz kid1940 smart apple1940 smarty-boots1950 smart-ass1958 slick1959 clever-sticks1964 smart-arse1965 wise-ass1971 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > person of superior intellect, genius > child prodigya1684 child prodigy1860 sharpshins1883 quiz kid1940 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > quiz or panel game > [noun] > panellist > specific type quiz kid1940 1940 Chicago Tribune 28 June 22/2 A new radio program, ‘Quiz Kids’..has its first airing tonight... Some bright boys and girls were rounded up and a recording made of their answers to a number of questions fired at them.] 1940 Chicago Tribune 28 June 22/3 Say, who do you think I am—a Quiz Kid? 1959 Encounter July 38/2 He [sc. Lord Northcliffe] was a true child of the age—the first and greatest of all quiz-kids. 1972 Times 19 Oct. 10/3 He suppresses his taste for swanky, quiz-kids words (telangiectatic, ichor, fastigiate). 1984 Los Angeles Times 25 Nov. vii. 1/2 She took over the management of our money, charming bank clerks and handling exchange rates with the..quiz-kid mind of an algebra student. 2001 W. O'Shaughnessy It All comes back to me Now 29 Andy's bio doesn't tell us, ladies and gentlemen, that he was a Quiz Kid on the coast-to-coast radio program. < as lemmas |
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