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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

call [kɔːl]
  1. 1. vt. (name) 为…取名
    We called our son Ian.
    我们儿子取名伊恩
  2. 2. vt. (address as) 称呼
    What did you call him?
    称呼什么
    Her name's Elizabeth but everyone calls her Liz.
    她名叫伊丽莎白,但每个人称呼她莉兹。
  3. 3. vt. (describe as) 说成是
    They called him a traitor.
    他们把他说成是叛徒
  4. 4. vt. (shout) 喊
    I heard someone calling my name.
    听见有人大声我的名字
  5. 5. vt. [电信] 打电话
    Call me when you get home.
    你回家后打电话给我。
  6. 6. vt. [+person] (summon) 召唤
    I think we should call the doctor.
    认为我们应该医生
  7. 7. vt. [+witness] 传唤
    I was called as an expert witness.
    我被作为专家证人传唤
  8. 8. vt. [+meeting] (arrange) 召集
  9. 9. vt. [+strike] 下令举行
    He called a press conference.
    召集一场记者招待会
  10. 10. vt. [+flight] (announce) 广播
    They've just called our flight.
    他们刚刚广播我们班机即将起飞
  11. 11. vi. (shout) 喊
  12. 12. vi. (telephone) 打电话
    May I ask who's calling?
    请问您是哪位?
  13. 13. vi. (also: call in,call round) 访问
    Good night. Do call again.
    晚安。请再次光临
    Do call round the college again.
    欢迎再次访问我校。
  14. 14. vi. [ship] [ train] [ bus+] (stop) 停靠
  15. 15. noun [c] [of person] (shout) 大喊
    a call for help
    求救声
    He gave a loud call.
    大喊了一声。
  16. 16. noun [c] [电信] 电话
    Were there any calls while I was out?
    我不在时有人打电话来吗?
  17. 17. noun [c] call for sth (demand) 对某事的要求
    MPs renewed their call for electoral reform.
    议员们重申他们选举改革要求
  18. 18. noun [c] [of bird] [ animal] 鸟兽的叫声
  19. 19. noun [c] (visit) 探访
    The doctor made three calls to sick patients.
    医生3次探访病人
  20. 20. noun [c] (summons) (for flight) 呼叫
    That's the call for our flight.
    刚刚广播我们飞机起飞
  21. 21. noun [s] [fig] (lure) 召唤
    All his life he had felt the call of the sea.
    一生中都感到大海召唤
    to be called sth
    [person+] 被叫某名
    She's called Susan.
    她叫苏姗。
  22. 22. noun [object+] 称为某物
    A dictionary of synonyms is called a thesaurus.
    同义词字典称为类属词典
    who's calling?
    [电信] 请问是谁?
    to be on call
    [+nurse,doctor] 值班
    to make a phone call
    打电话
    a long-distance call
    长途电话
    a local call
    本地电话
    to give sb a call
    打电话某人
    to pay a call on sb
    拜访某人
    there's not much call for these items
    这些东西没什么需求
    a call for sb to do sth
    要求某人做某事
  23. 23. vt fus see call on

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

call
  1. 1. [Finance] 赎回权
call [kɔːl]
  1. 1. vt. 命名取名
    I called him George by mistake.
    我把他误叫成乔治
  2. 2. vt. 把……说成,认为……是,看作
    I have been called a lot worse names than that.
    我被冠以许多比那还糟糕名字
    She called her children lazy and ungrateful.
    她称她的孩子们既懒惰忘恩负义
    He called me a bastard.
    他骂我是私生子
  3. 3. vt. 打电话,通电话
    Students are not allowed to make calls during class.
    学生上课时间允许打电话
    I tried to call you all night.
    我给你打了整整晚上电话
  4. 4. verb 叫喊叫嚷大叫
    I cried out her name, trying to get her attention.
    我喊出她的名字,想引起她的注意
  5. 5. vt. 叫,召唤要求前来
    The lazy employee was called into the manager's office.
    那个懒惰员工被叫进经理办公室
    She was called into the director's office.
    她被叫进主任办公室
  6. 6. vi. 进行短暂的访问
    The premier will call on some senior engineers next month.
    下个月总理拜访一些高级工程师
    The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens.
    市长喜欢拜访一些杰出市民
  7. 7. vt. 召开召集会议
    Lucy called for a meeting in the afternoon.
    露西下午召开一个会议
    The Wannsee conference was called to discuss the 'final solution'.
    万隆会议召开为了谋求最终解决方案
    The new dean calls meetings every week.
    新院长每周都会召开会议
  8. 8. vt. 点名
    The teacher was calling out the names of the students.
    这位老师正在点名
  9. 9. vi. 无线电信号
    The soldier tried calling for help on his radio.
    这个士兵试着通过他的电台求助
    A transmitter in samoa was heard calling.
    萨摩亚群岛的一台发射机正在呼叫
    Hawaii is calling!
    夏威夷发信号
  10. 10. vi. 鸣,叫
    The tigress was calling for its cubs.
    这只母老虎呼唤它的幼仔
  11. 11. vt. [Sports] 因故停止比赛被迫推迟比赛
    The umpire called the game due to the rain.
    下雨裁判终止比赛
  12. 12. vt. 以……称呼
    My boss calls me by my last name.
    老板用姓称呼我。
    She calls him by first name.
    她以他的名字称呼他。
  13. 13. vi. 停岸,靠岸
    This cruise ship will not make any calls the entire voyage.
    这艘邮轮整个航程中都不会靠岸
    The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow.
    明天船将在檀香山停靠
  14. 14. vt. 要求偿还催讨
    The bank called for all outstanding payments.
    银行要求付清所有欠款
  15. 15. vt. [Poker] 叫牌
    He called and the players revealed their hands.
    下令所有运动员伸出他们的手。
    He called his trump.
    他搬出来他的王牌
  16. 16. vi. 方形舞步口令
    I will call the dancers to change partners.
    我会要求舞者换舞伴
  17. 17. vt. 对……作出判定
    The umpire calls the game and his decisions are final.
    裁判叫停比赛他的决定最终裁决
  18. 18. vt. 预测预言
    Who is able to call the future?
    谁能预测未来
  19. 19. vt. [Finance] 收兑
    A company will often call a bond if it is paying a higher interest rate.
    如果支付更高的利率一个公司往往会收兑债券
  20. 20. vt. 指责责备
    The accountant was called on a few suspicious transactions.
    这位会计因几笔可疑交易传唤
    He deserves to be called on that.
    在那件事上他应该受到责备
  21. 21. vt. 宣布裁定
    The umpire has called the baserunner out.
    裁判员已经那个跑垒员出局
  22. 22. vt. 诱捕
    The whistle is used to call ducks.
    这口哨声用来呼喊鸭子的。
  23. 23. vt. 号召号令下令
    The city called for an immediate evacuation.
    这个城市发出紧急遣散命令
    The unions called a general strike for Sunday.
    各个工会号召周日举行一次总罢工
  24. 24. vt. 邀请召唤要求……前来
    I was called to fix the server after it went down.
    我在天黑前被叫去修服务器
    He was already called 4 times for jury duty.
    已经四次被邀请来做陪审员了。
    They called him to active military duty.
    他们号召他去服现役兵役。
  25. 25. vt. 大声喊,大声念,大声宣布
    She was calling out his name in the shopping mall.
    她在购物中心大声叫他。
    The auctioneer called the bids.
    拍卖人喊出报价
    He called my name.
    呼唤我的名字
  26. 26. vt. 怀疑质疑质问
    The teacher was called on her beliefs.
    这个老师信念遭到挑战
  27. 27. vt. 认为视为
    Many people have called his work magnificent.
    许多人认为工作出色
    I would not call her beautiful.
    认为她不漂亮
  28. 28. vt. 叫醒唤醒
    Someone called my house and woke me up.
    有人给我家打电话,把我吵醒了。
    I was called at 5 a.m. this morning.
    我在今天早上五点钟被叫醒了。
  29. 29. vt. [Slang] 某人提出挑战
  30. 30. noun [Religion] 神的感召
    I had to yield to the call from God.
    不得不臣服上帝召唤
  31. 31. n.[c] 电话通话
    I received several phone calls from the clients today.
    今天我接了多个客户来电
    He heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call.
    听见电话响了,但并不想接听
    She reported several anonymous calls.
    报告几个匿名电话
  32. 32. n.[c] 呼声,叫声,喊声
    We could hear the calls for his resignation.
    我们可以听到辞职请求
  33. 33. n.[u] 要求
    I heard a call for help.
    我接了一个求救电话
  34. 34. n.[c] 鸟鸣声,鸟啼声
    That sound is the disctinctive call of a wolf.
    那个声音是狼所特有的嚎叫声。
  35. 35. n.[c] 短暂拜访
    I paid a call to a friend that recently got married.
    拜访了一位新欢不久朋友
    The characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence.
    亨利·詹姆斯小说中的人物永远相互拜访通常是在一些居所客厅
    Senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers.
    高级教授们的妻子不再下午看望新来的人了。
  36. 36. n.[c] [Finance] 追加保证金通知
    A few investors made a lot of money with margin calls.
    一些投资者追加保证金赚了许多钱。
  37. 37. n.[c] [Poker] 叫牌
    The players were allowed to call anytime during the hand.
    允许游戏者在一局比赛当中随意出牌
    After two raises there was a call.
    加价两次后会有一次询问
  38. 38. n.[c] 需求需要
    There weren't that many calls for this DVD.
    对这种DVD的需求那么大。
  39. 39. n.[c] [Computer Science] 干扰程序执行指令
    Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed.
    Pascal语言通过简单给出要执行的程序名字执行命令
  40. 40. n.[c] 正式访问;事务性访问
    Nowadays, it is rare that a doctor will call on his patients.
    如今,甚少会有医生拜访病人
    The pastor's calls on his Parishioners.
    那位牧师他的教区居民发出呼吁
  41. 41. n.[c] [Sports] 裁判员判定裁定
    The referee made a bad call.
    这个裁判判罚很糟糕。
    He was ejected for protesting the call.
    他因抗议裁判而被驱逐出场
  42. 42. n.[c] [Finance] 股票购买权买方选择权
    My investor informed me of several call options that were available.
    我的投资人告诉了我几个可行认购期权
  43. 43. n.[c] [Slang] 决定预言
  44. 44. n.[c] [Finance] 赎回权
  45. 45. n.[c] [Slang] 毒品最初效果快感开始阶段

Collins English-English Dictionary

call [kɔːl]
  1. 1. n [stock exchange] call option an option to buy a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified period - Compare put
  2. 2. vb [often foll by out] to speak or utter (words, sounds, etc) loudly so as to attract attention
    he called out her name
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to ask or order to come
    to call a policeman
  4. 4. vi. [intr; sometimes foll by on] to make a visit (to)
    she called on him
  5. 5. vi. [often foll by up] to telephone (a person)
    he called back at nine
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to summon to a specific office, profession, etc
    he was called to the ministry
  7. 7. vt. (of animals or birds) to utter (a characteristic sound or cry)
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to summon (a bird or animal) by imitating its cry
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to name or style
    they called the dog Rover
  10. 10. vt. [tr] to designate
    they called him a coward
  11. 11. vt. [tr] [Brit] [Dialect] to speak ill of or scold
  12. 12. vt. [tr] to regard in a specific way
    I call it a foolish waste of time
  13. 13. vt. [tr] to attract (attention)
  14. 14. vt. [tr] to read (a list, register, etc) aloud to check for omissions or absentees
  15. 15. vt. [when tr] [ usually foll by for] to give an order (for)
    to call a strike
  16. 16. vi. [intr] to try to predict the result of tossing a coin
  17. 17. vt. [tr] to awaken
    I was called early this morning
  18. 18. vt. [tr] to cause to assemble
    to call a meeting
  19. 19. vt. [tr] [sport] (of an umpire, referee, etc) to pass judgment upon (a shot, player, etc) with a call
  20. 20. vt. [tr] [Austral and NZ] to broadcast a commentary on (a horse race or other sporting event)
  21. 21. vt. [tr] to demand repayment of (a loan, redeemable bond, security, etc)
  22. 22. vt. [tr; often foll by up] [accounting] to demand payment of (a portion of a share issue not yet paid by subscribers)
  23. 23. vt. [tr] [Brit] to award (a student at an Inn of Court) the degree of barrister (esp in the phrase call to the bar)
  24. 24. vt. [tr] [computing] to transfer control to (a named subprogram)
  25. 25. vt. [tr] [poker] to demand that (a player) expose his hand, after equalling his bet
  26. 26. vi. [intr] [bridge] to make a bid
  27. 27. vi. (in square-dancing) to call out (instructions) to the dancers
  28. 28. vi. [billiards] to ask (a player) to say what kind of shot he will play or (of a player) to name his shot
  29. 29. vi. [intr; foll by for] to require
    this problem calls for study
  30. 30. vi. to come or go (for) in order to fetch
    I will call for my book later
  31. 31. vi. [intr; foll by on or upon] to make an appeal or request (to)
    they called upon him to reply
  32. 32. vt. [tr] to predict the outcome of an event
    we don't know yet if the plan has succeeded because it's too soon to call
  33. 33. vt. See question
  34. 34. n a cry or shout
  35. 35. n the characteristic cry of a bird or animal
  36. 36. n a device, such as a whistle, intended to imitate the cry of a bird or animal
  37. 37. n a summons or invitation
  38. 38. n a summons or signal sounded on a horn, bugle, etc
  39. 39. n [hunting] any of several notes or patterns of notes, blown on a hunting horn as a signal
  40. 40. n [hunting] an imitation of the characteristic cry of a wild animal or bird to lure it to the hunter
  41. 41. n an instrument for producing such an imitation
  42. 42. n a short visit
    the doctor made six calls this morning
  43. 43. n an inner urge to some task or profession; vocation
  44. 44. n allure or fascination, esp of a place
    the call of the forest
  45. 45. n [Brit] the summons to the bar of a student member of an Inn of Court
  46. 46. n need, demand, or occasion
    there is no call to shout
    we don't get much call for stockings these days
  47. 47. n demand or claim (esp in the phrase the call of duty)
  48. 48. n [theatre] a notice to actors informing them of times of rehearsals
  49. 49. n (in square dancing) an instruction to execute new figures
  50. 50. n a conversation or a request for a connection by telephone
  51. 51. n [commerce] a demand for repayment of a loan
  52. 52. n (as modifier)
    call money
  53. 53. n [Finance] a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
  54. 54. n a demand for an instalment payment on the issue price of bonds or shares
  55. 55. n [billiards] a demand to an opponent to say what kind of shot he will play
  56. 56. n [poker] a demand for a hand or hands to be exposed
  57. 57. n [bridge] a bid, or a player's turn to bid
  58. 58. n a decision or judgment
    it's your call
  59. 59. n [sport] a decision of an umpire or referee regarding a shot, pitch, etc
  60. 60. n [Austral] a broadcast commentary on a horse race or other sporting event
  61. 61. n See roll call

Examples

A call bell is attached to your bed panel, so you may easily call for assistance from the nursing staff.
电铃就在床边,有问题可以向像医护人员寻求帮助,很方便。
to call collect, make a collect call
[US] [电信] 打对方付款的电话
to call the names of stations
大声报站名
call a meeting
召集会议
I call it silly.
我认为这是愚蠢的。

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