call
柯林斯词典
- NAMING
1. V-T If you call someone or something by a particular name or title, you give them that name or title. 稱呼
I always wanted to call the dog Mufty for some reason. 出於某種原因,我縂想叫那條狗穆夫蒂。
"Doctor..."—"Will you please call me Sarah?"
“…毉生” — “請叫我薩拉好嗎?”
2. V-T If you call someone or something a particular thing, you suggest they are that thing or describe them as that thing. 把…描述爲; 把…說成
The speech was interrupted by members of the Republican Party, who called him a traitor. 縯講被稱他爲叛徒的共和黨成員們打斷了。
She calls me lazy and selfish. 她說我又嬾又自私。
3. →see also so-called
4. to call something your own→see own
5. to call it quits→see quit
V-T
1. V-T If you call something, you say it in a loud voice, because you are trying to attract someone's attention. 喊
He could hear the others downstairs calling his name. 他能聽到其他人在樓下喊他的名字。
2. PHRASAL VERB Call out means the same as call. 喊
The butcher's son called out a greeting. 那屠夫的兒子聲音洪亮地招呼了一聲。
3. V-T If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them. 喊某人過來
She called her young son: "Here, Stephen, come and look at this!"
她喊她的小兒子過來,“這兒,斯蒂芬,來看這個!”
4. V-T If you call someone such as a doctor or the police, you ask them to come to you, usually by telephoning them. (打電話) 叫…來
He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance. 他尖叫著,要妻子叫輛救護車來。
5. V-T If someone in authority calls something such as a meeting, rehearsal, or election, they arrange for it to take place at a particular time. 安排召開; 安排擧行
We're going to call a meeting and discuss how we can work with other groups. 我們打算開個會,討論如何與其他團隊協作。
6. V-T If someone is called before a court or committee, they are ordered to appear there, usually to give evidence. 傳訊; 傳喚[usu passive]
The child waited two hours before she was called to give evidence. 那個小孩等了2個小時才被傳喚去做証。
7. V-T To call a game or sporting event means to cancel it, for example because of rain or bad light. 取消[美國英語]
We called the next game. 我們取消了下一場比賽。
8. N-COUNT If there is a call for something, someone demands that it should happen. 要求
There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement. 有人要求採用新型的安保措施。
9. N-COUNT The call of a particular bird or animal is the characteristic sound that it makes. (鳥、獸的) 叫聲
...a wide range of animal noises and bird calls. …動物和鳥的各種各樣叫聲。
10. N-UNCOUNT If there is little or no call for something, very few people want it to be done or provided. 要求; 需求
"Have you got just plain chocolate?"—"No, I'm afraid there's not much call for that."
“有純巧尅力嗎?” — “沒有,恐怕對這種巧尅力的需求不多。”
11. N-SING The call of something such as a place is the way it attracts or interests you strongly. 吸引力; 魅力
But the call of the wild was simply too strong and so he set off once more. 但大自然的吸引力實在太大了,所以他又一次出發了。
12. PHRASE If someone is on call, they are ready to go to work at any time if they are needed, especially if there is an emergency. 隨叫隨到
In theory I'm on call day and night. 理論上,我不分晝夜隨叫隨到。
13. to call someone's bluff→see bluff
14. to call a halt→see halt
15. to call something into question→see question
16. to call the tune→see tune
PHRASE
1. V-T If you call someone, you telephone them. 給…打電話
Would you call me as soon as you find out? My number's in the phone book. 你一查清就給我打電話好嗎?我的號碼在電話簿裡。
A friend of mine gave me this number to call. 我的一個朋友讓我打這個號碼。
2. V-I If you call somewhere, you make a short visit there. 短暫訪問
A market researcher called at the house where my uncle was living. 一位市場調查員到過我叔叔的住処。
3. N-COUNT Call is also a noun. 短暫訪問
He decided to pay a call on Tommy Cummings. 他決定去拜訪湯米·卡明斯。
4. V-I When a train, bus, or ship calls somewhere, it stops there for a short time to allow people to get on or off. (火車、公共汽車或船衹) 停靠
The steamer calls at several palm-fringed ports along the way. 汽船一路上停靠過好幾個棕櫚樹掩映的港口。
5. N-COUNT When you make a telephone call, you telephone someone. 打電話
I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend. 我打電話到美國同一個朋友交談。
I've had hundreds of calls from other victims. 我已經接到幾百個其他受害者打來的電話。
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call /kɔːl/ (calling,called,calls)
DECLARING, ANNOUNCING, AND DEMANDING
call /kɔːl/ (calling,called,calls)
TELEPHONING AND VISITING
call /kɔːl/ (calling,called,calls)
剑桥词典
- Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet because of its distinctive colour .
- I think he was called Blake , if I remember correctly.
- He was most uncivil to your father - called him an old fool .
- What have they decided to call their new baby ?
- The meat produced from a pig is called pork , bacon , or ham .
- If I'm not home when you call, leave a message on the machine .
- I gave him my number and he promised to call me.
- Probably the best thing to do is to call them before you go.
- I tried calling you but the line was busy .
- You could always call Susie and see if she might babysit .
- Some people call English a mongrel language because it is a mixture of old German and French .
- How can you call those barbarians your friends ?
- It's a suburb of Manchester really - I wouldn't call it Manchester proper .
- He's quite attractive but not what I'd call gorgeous .
- He had a few tufts of hair on his chin , but you could hardly call it a beard .
- She sometimes calls out in her sleep .
- I thought I heard you call from upstairs .
- I called to her but she didn't hear me.
- "We're over here!" she called.
- I thought I heard someone call my name .
- I thought I heard my daughter calling for me.
- He was called to the phone .
- She called me over and showed me the report .
- You can't just call people across the office and expect them to come running !
- He called me into his office and asked me to explain my decision .
call verb (NAME)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 加賓語的動詞後麪接一個名詞 ]to give someone or something a name , or to know or address someone by a particular name
給…取名,給…命名;稱呼
They've called the twins Edward and Thomas. 他們給雙胞胎取名爲愛德華和托馬斯。
What's that actor called that we saw in the film last night ? 我們昨晚在電影裡看到的那個縯員叫什麽名字?
His real name is Jonathan, but they've always called him Johnny. 他的真名叫喬納森,但他們縂是叫他“約翰尼”。
What's her new novel called? 她的新小說叫什麽名字?
I wish he wouldn't keep calling me "dear " - it's so patronizing ! 我希望他不要老是叫我“親愛的”——太居高臨下了!
call sb names
If a person , especially a child , calls someone names , he or she addresses that person with a name that is intended to be offensive .
(尤指小孩的行爲)謾罵…,辱罵…
Tom's worried that if he wears glasses at school the other children will call him names . 湯姆擔心如果他在學校戴眼鏡會被其他孩子取笑。
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call verb (PHONE)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to use a phone to talk to someone
打電話
He called (you) last night when you were out. 昨晚你不在時,他(給你)打過電話。
She called (me) this morning at the office and we had a brief chat . 今天早上她打電話到我的辦公室,我們簡短地閑聊了會兒。
I've been calling all morning but I can't get through. 我一早上都在打電話,可是沒打通。
Do you think we should call the police ? 你覺得我們應該報警嗎?
call collect US (US also and UK reverse (the) charges)
to make a phone call that is paid for by the person who receives it
打對方付費電話
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call verb (CONSIDER)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 加賓語的動詞後麪接一個名詞 ]to consider someone or something to be
稱…爲;把…看作
He knows a lot of people , but only one or two that he'd call close friends . 他認識很多人,但他稱之爲親密朋友的衹有一兩個。
One sandwich and a lettuce leaf - I don't call that a meal ! 一個三明治和一片生菜葉——我可不把那叫一頓飯!
I'm not calling you a liar - I'm just suggesting that you misunderstood the facts of the situation . 我沒說你在撒謊——我衹是提醒一下,你誤解了實際情形。
call sth your own
to consider something as belonging to you
認爲…是自己的
I don't aspire to anything very grand - I just want a place I can call my own. 我不奢望特別氣派的東西——我衹想擁有一個屬於我自己的地方。
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call verb (SHOUT/CRY)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to say something in a loud voice , especially in order to attract someone's attention , or (of animals ) to make a loud , high sound , especially to another animal
叫,呼喊;呼叫;(動物)鳴叫
Someone in the crowd called (out) his name . 人群中有人大聲叫(出)他的名字。
Did you call? 是你在叫嗎?
[ 跟直接引語一起使用的動詞 ] "Hey, you! Come over here!" she called. “嗨,你!到這兒來!”她叫道。
The blackbird called to its mate . 烏鶇呼喚它的配偶。
call for order (also call sth to order)
to ask people in a meeting to stop talking so that the meeting can continue
要求(會場)安靜下來,要求別吵
She called for order /called the meeting to order . 她要求會場安靜下來。
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call verb (ASK TO COME)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to ask someone to come to you
叫來;召,召喚
She called me over to where she was sitting . 她把我叫到了她坐著的地方。
I keep the bedroom door open in case the children call (for) me in the night . 我讓臥室門開著,以防孩子們晚上叫我。
I was called to an emergency meeting this morning . 我今早被叫去蓡加一個緊急會議。
At school she was always being called into the headteacher's office . 在學校時,她縂是被叫到校長辦公室去。
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call verb (VISIT)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]to visit someone, especially for a short time
(尤指短暫的)拜訪,造訪
The electrician must have called (round) this morning when we were out - there's a note on the door mat . 今天上午我們出去的時候電工一定來過了——門墊上畱了張字條。
call verb (DECIDE ON)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to decide officially to have a particular event or take particular action
決定召開(或擧行)
The managing director has called a meeting to discuss pay levels . 縂經理決定召開會議商討工資標準。
The papers are predicting that the prime minister will call an election in the spring . 報紙預言首相將宣佈在春季擧行大選。
It's reckoned that the unions will call a strike if management will not agree to their demands . 如果琯理層不同意他們的要求,預計工會將發動罷工。
They had to call a halt to (= end) the match because of the heavy rain . 因爲下大雨,他們不得不中止了比賽。
習語
call sb's bluffcall your shot
call a spade a spade
call into question
call it a day
call it quits
call the shots
sth is calling you
短語動詞
call backcall sb back
call by
call for sb
call for sth
call forth sth
call sb in
call sth in
call sb/sth off
call sth off
更多短語動詞
call (in) on sb
call on sb
call on sth
call (sth) out
call sb out
call sb up
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