exam 音标拼音: [ɪgz'æm]
n . 考试,检查,考查,审查
考试,检查,考查,审查
exam n 1 :
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge ; "
when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions " [
synonym : {
examination }, {
exam },
{
test }]
Test \
Test \,
n . [
OE .
test test ,
or cupel ,
potsherd ,
F .
t [^
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t ,
from L .
testum an earthen vessel ;
akin to testa a piece of burned clay ,
an earthen pot ,
a potsherd ,
perhaps for tersta ,
and akin to torrere to patch ,
terra earth (
cf . {
Thirst },
and {
Terrace }),
but cf .
Zend tasta cup .
Cf . {
Test }
a shell ,
{
Testaceous }, {
Tester }
a covering ,
a coin , {
Testy },
{
T [^
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te -[`
a ]-
t [^
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te }.]
1 . (
Metal .)
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement .
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Our ingots ,
tests ,
and many mo . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
Examination or trial by the cupel ;
hence ,
any critical examination or decisive trial ;
as ,
to put a man '
s assertions to a test . "
Bring me to the test ." --
Shak .
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3 .
Means of trial ;
as ,
absence is a test of love .
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Each test every light her muse will bear . --
Dryden .
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4 .
That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness ;
a touchstone ;
a standard .
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Life ,
force ,
and beauty must to all impart ,
At once the source ,
and end ,
and test of art .
--
Pope .
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5 .
Discriminative characteristic ;
standard of judgment ;
ground of admission or exclusion .
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Our test excludes your tribe from benefit . --
Dryden .
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6 .
Judgment ;
distinction ;
discrimination .
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Who would excel ,
when few can make a test Betwixt indifferent writing and the best ? --
Dryden .
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7 . (
Chem .)
A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound ,
as the production of some characteristic precipitate ;
also ,
the reagent employed to produce such reaction ;
thus ,
the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt .
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8 .
A set of questions to be answered or problems to be solved ,
used as a means to measure a person '
s knowledge ,
aptitude ,
skill ,
intelligence ,
etc .;
in school settings ,
synonymous with {
examination }
or {
exam };
as ,
an intelligence test .
Also used attributively ;
as a test score ,
test results .
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{
Test act } (
Eng .
Law ),
an act of the English Parliament prescribing a form of oath and declaration against transubstantiation ,
which all officers ,
civil and military ,
were formerly obliged to take within six months after their admission to office .
They were obliged also to receive the sacrament according to the usage of the Church of England . --
Blackstone .
{
Test object } (
Optics ),
an object which tests the power or quality of a microscope or telescope ,
by requiring a certain degree of excellence in the instrument to determine its existence or its peculiar texture or markings .
{
Test paper }.
(
a ) (
Chem .)
Paper prepared for use in testing for certain substances by being saturated with a reagent which changes color in some specific way when acted upon by those substances ;
thus ,
litmus paper is turned red by acids ,
and blue by alkalies ,
turmeric paper is turned brown by alkalies ,
etc .
(
b ) (
Law )
An instrument admitted as a standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting .
{
Test tube }. (
Chem .)
(
a )
A simple tube of thin glass ,
closed at one end ,
for heating solutions and for performing ordinary reactions .
(
b )
A graduated tube .
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Syn :
Criterion ;
standard ;
experience ;
proof ;
experiment ;
trial .
Usage : {
Test }, {
Trial }.
Trial is the wider term ;
test is a searching and decisive trial .
It is derived from the Latin testa (
earthen pot ),
which term was early applied to the fining pot ,
or crucible ,
in which metals are melted for trial and refinement .
Hence the peculiar force of the word ,
as indicating a trial or criterion of the most decisive kind .
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I leave him to your gracious acceptance ,
whose trial shall better publish his commediation .
--
Shak .
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Thy virtue ,
prince ,
has stood the test of fortune ,
Like purest gold ,
that tortured in the furnace ,
Comes out more bright ,
and brings forth all its weight . --
Addison .
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22 Moby Thesaurus words for "
exam ":
audition ,
blue book ,
examen ,
examination ,
final ,
final examination ,
great go ,
hearing ,
honors ,
midsemester ,
midterm ,
oral ,
oral examination ,
prelim ,
quiz ,
take -
home examination ,
test ,
trial ,
tripos ,
viva ,
written ,
written examination
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