call1/kɔl; kɔːl/v 1 [T] to use a particular name or word for someone or something, or to give someone a name 把…唤作﹔给…取名为: call sb sth His friends call him Andy. 他的朋友们叫他安迪。They finally decided to call the baby Joel. 他们最后决定给宝宝取名为乔尔。What do you call this thing? 你们把这东西叫作什么?be called sth (=have a particular name) 叫作某物 They have a dog called Toby. 他们有条狗叫托比。We’re meeting at a restaurant called Al Paso. 我们要在一间叫 Al Paso 的饭店见面。2 [I,T] to telephone someone (给…)打电话: I called about six o’clock but no one was home. 我在六点左右打过电话﹐但家里没人。I’ll call you tomorrow. 我明天打电话给你。call a doctor/the police/a taxi etc (=telephone someone and ask them to come) 打电话叫医生/警察/出租车等Has anyone called an ambulance? 有人打电话叫救护车了吗?call in sick (=telephone your work place to say that you are too ill to come to work) 打电话请病假see box at见 PHONE2 方框3 [T] to describe someone or something in a particular way 把…说成﹐把…称为: call sb/sth sth Critics are already calling the film a hit. 影评家已经在称这部影片是成功之作了。Are you calling me a liar? 你是在说我撒谎吗?call sb names (=use insulting names for someone) 辱骂某人 The other kids used to call me names. 以前别的小孩常常辱骂我。4 [T] to ask or order someone to come to you 召唤﹐叫: I can hear Mom calling me. 我听到妈妈在叫我。call sb in/over/across etc The headmaster called me into his office. 校长把我叫进他的办公室。5 also 又作 call out [I,T] to say something loudly or to shout 高声说出﹔大声叫喊: ‘I’m coming!’ Paula called down the stairs. “我这就来!”葆拉朝楼下喊道。Someone called out my name. 有人大声叫我的名字。see box at见 SHOUT1 方框6 [I] if a train, ship, bus etc calls at a place, it stops there for a short time 〔火车﹑船﹑公共汽车等〕短时间停靠[停留]: +at This train calls at all stations to Broxbourne. 本次列车前往布罗克斯本﹐停靠所有站点。7 [T] to arrange for something to happen 安排﹐举行call a meeting/strike/election etc A meeting was called for 3 pm Wednesday. 星期三下午 3 时召开了一个会议。8 also 又作 call by/round/in [I] BrE to visit someone or their home for a short time【英】〔短时间〕拜访: Your friend Alex called earlier. 你的朋友阿历克斯刚才来过。see box at见 VISIT1 方框9 call it a dayinformal to stop working, especially because you are tired【非正式】今天(的工作)就到此为止: Come on, guys, let's call it a day. 好啦﹐伙计们﹐今天我们就到此为止吧。10 call the shots/tune if someone calls the shots, they make the important decisions about what should be done 说了算﹐发号施令11 call collectAmE to make a telephone call that is paid for by the person who receives it [ reverse the charges BrE 【英】] 【美】打受话方付费的电话call back phr v 1 to telephone someone again 再打电话〔给某人〕﹔回电话〔给某人〕: Okay, I’ll call back around three. 好吧﹐三点左右我再打电话来。call sb back Sorry, she's busy. Can she call you back later? 抱歉她正忙﹐稍后她给你回电话行吗?2 BrE to return to a place that you went to earlier【英】再来〔某地〕: I’ll call back tonight to pick it up. 我晚上再来拿。call for sth/sbphr v 1 to demand something publicly 〔公开〕要求﹐呼吁: Congressmen are calling for an investigation into the scandal. 国会议员们在呼吁对丑闻进行调查。2 to need something 需要: It's a project that calls for careful planning. 这是一个需要仔细规划的项目。3 BrE to go to someone's home to collect them【英】(去)接〔某人〕: I’ll call for you at about eight. 我八点钟左右来接你。call sth off phr v to decide that a planned event will not happen [ cancel ] 取消〔安排好的活动〕: The game was called off due to bad weather. 由于天气不好﹐比赛取消了。call on/upon sbphr v to formally ask someone to do something 〔正式地〕要求〔某人做某事〕: call on sb to do sth The UN has called on both sides to start peace talks. 联合国已要求双方启动和平会谈。call sb out phr v to ask someone to come and deal with something difficult or dangerous 请﹐叫〔某人来帮忙〕: The doctor's been called out to an emergency. 医生被叫去看急诊了。call sb/sth up phr v 1 especially AmE to telephone someone【尤美】打电话给…: Why don’t you call Suzie up? 你为什么不打电话给苏齐?2 be called upBrE to be ordered to join the army, navy, or AIR FORCE [ draft AmE 【美】] 【英】应召入伍see box at见 ARMY 方框
call2n [C] 1 when you speak to someone on the telephone 〔一次〕通话﹐电话: +for There's a phone call for you. 有你的电话。+from I got a call from Teresa yesterday. 我昨天接到特雷莎的电话。Just give me a call from the airport. 你就在机场打个电话给我吧。Can I make a quick call ? 我很快打个电话行吗?Why didn’t you return my calls (=telephone me after I tried to telephone you? 你为什么不给我回电话?2 be on call to be ready to go to work if you are needed 随时待命﹐随叫随到: Heart surgeons are on call 24 hours a day. 心脏外科医生全天 24 小时待命。3 a shout or cry, or the sound that an animal makes 呼喊声;〔动物的〕叫声: a call for help 呼救声+of the call of an owl 猫头鹰的叫声4 a short visit 〔短时间的〕拜访: Should we pay a call on Nadia while we’re in Paris? 我们在巴黎的时候是否应该去看看纳迪娅?5 when people say publicly that they want something to happen 呼吁﹐号召: +for a call for tougher controls 要求加强控制的呼吁call for sb to do sth There have been calls for the minister to resign. 一直有呼声要求部长辞职。6 there is no call for sth used to say that something is not needed or wanted 不需要某物: There's no call for typewriters nowadays – everybody has got a computer on their desk. 如今不需要打字员了﹐人人桌上都有台电脑。be at sb's beck and call at 见 BECKCONFERENCE CALL, ROLL CALL