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词汇 squiz
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Definition of squiz in English:

squiz

noun skwɪz
Australian, NZ informal
  • A look or glance.

    看;瞥

    take a squiz out that window
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It all started when one day, he popped in to a local gym for a bit of a squiz.
    • Then we discovered that when the Auditor-General went in there to have a squiz, the officials did not even know whom they had been giving it to.
    • The fact that traffic was actually slowing down to take a squiz wasn't helping either.
    • A quick squiz at today's Australian will show you why.
    • We figure that we might cut them some slack in this last week… at least until we get a squiz of our end of year results.
    • Hold it up high Rex, so everyone can get a quick squiz.
    • In fact, having a squiz at David's site has convinced me to have a go at formatting this via CSS rather than through tables.
    • Well, she's the version of Samantha's sister (can't for the life of me remember the name, and I can't be bothered getting up to walk to my room and taking a squiz at the book).
    • What caught me unawares this morning was a brief squiz at The Australian online.
    • I then went over to Margaret and Fraka's tent and said a quick hello and told them I was ‘just going over for a quick squiz at the rocks and wouldn't be very long.’
    Synonyms
    glance, observation, view, examination, study, inspection, scan, survey, sight, peep, peek, glimpse, gaze, stare, gape, ogle
verb skwɪz
[with object]Australian, NZ informal
  • Look or glance at.

    看;瞥

    the mechanic squizzed the plane's cargo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After squizzing a 4’ nurse shark, we returned to the dinghy and motored over to check out another spot.
    • Also, Morag kindly squizzed over my script with me last night and I feel so much happier with the dialogue write-up, now.
    • I know Canaan was the son of Ham - I was squizzing though Genesis before my 2 year old woke up and can't get any further while he's awake… waaay past his bed-time.
    Synonyms
    take a quick look, look quickly, look briefly, peek, peep

Origin

Early 20th century: probably a blend of quiz2 and squint.

Rhymes

biz, Cadíz, Cadiz, fizz, frizz, gee-whiz, his, is, Liz, Ms, phiz, quiz, swizz, tizz, viz, whizz, wiz, zizz
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