call

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。