| 单词 | to call back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call back to call back 1. transitive. To summon (a person) to return; to cause to return; to bring back; to restore. Cf. recall v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > a condition or state of things accordlOE to call againc1390 reduce1419 repeala1500 to call back?1510 recall1580 reinduce1609 gaincall1611 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > back again-callc1390 revokec1425 rescrya1450 countermand1464 renvoy1477 reappeal1480 repeala1500 remand1525 recall1567 reclaim1590 return1590 speed1606 to call back1611 hark back1813 withcall1901 ?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. c.iiv Called bak by the tendrenes of hys flesh (as he was a man of delicate complexion) he shrank from the labour. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cccvi/1 He wyll nat be content with theym that thus warreth agaynst your countre, but call them backe to their great blame. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 117 The much cold..calleth backe the naturall heate inward, by counterposition. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Esdras i. 50 God..sent by his messenger to call them backe. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 The raging Tempest call'd him back in vain. View more context for this quotation 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest III. xv. 75 This scene called back recollections too tender for the heart of La Luc, and..he abruptly quitted the room. 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor V. ii. 30 He had returned from his bathing excursion; having been called back sooner than he expected by his affairs. 1828 R. Griffith Let. 26 Sept. in C. Close Early Years Ordnance Surv. (1969) 112 Any..expense incurred by calling back the boundary surveyors from distant parts..must be charged to the Ordnance. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 68 Wine may call back the vital powers in disease. 1915 J. Turner Let. 15 July in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 16 The Adjutant has been called back from leave to be Colonel of the 5th. 1948 H. Innes Blue Ice iii. 77 Our attention was called back to the radio. 1973 Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle Gaz. 17 Dec. 7/2 Chrysler said 500 workers..will not be recalled Jan. 21 when the rest of the idled workers are called back. 2010 N. Rothwell Red Highway (ed. 2) 97 I wish we could go back there once again, to Lumbulumbu... Something about that place is calling me back. 2. transitive. To withdraw or retract (one's words, a promise, an oath, etc.); to revoke (a sentence or decree). Cf. recall v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. cxxiiii If he wyll nowe confesse that he sayeth vntrue, lette hym reuoke hys lye and call it backe agayn, and than god forgyue him and I do. 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 356 He called a great pece of his tale backe againe. 1579 J. Harmar tr. J. Calvin Serm. X. Commandementes vii. f. 52v He hath pronounced the sentence herein which cannot be called back & retracted. 1604 H. Broughton Aduert. Corrupt. Handling Relig. sig. A3v He calleth backe himselfe in particulars. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxi. 2 Yet he..wil not call backe his words. View more context for this quotation 1741 E. F. Haywood Anti-Pamela 199 O, Sir, do not compel me to call back the Words, I just now said, and make me fearful of the Lot I so lately blest. 1849 S. Bamford Early Days vii. 68 Rap out a round regimental oath, and as instantly call it back..with a ‘Lord help us’. 1895 ‘J. S. Winter’ Blameless Woman xlix. 298 The other would have cheerfully given a year out of his life to have called that promise back, but it was too late. 1930 D. F. Mulla Code Civil Procedure (ed. 9) ii. §42 It may withdraw the execution by calling back the decree. 2011 R. Lundgren Honorable Gentleman vii. 81 As soon as the words left her mouth she wanted to call them back. 3. transitive. To recall to one's mind or remembrance; to recollect, remember. Also: to bring about the recollection or remembrance of; to be reminiscent of, to evoke. Cf. recall v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 bethinkOE mingOE thinkOE monelOE umbethinkc1175 to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275 minc1330 record1340 revert1340 remembera1382 mindc1384 monishc1384 to bring to mindc1390 remenec1390 me meanetha1400 reducec1425 to call to mind1427 gaincall1434 pense1493 remord?1507 revocate1527 revive1531 cite1549 to call back1572 recall1579 to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583 to call to remembrance1583 revoke1586 reverse1590 submonish1591 recover1602 recordate1603 to call up1606 to fetch up1608 reconjure1611 collect1612 remind1615 recollect1631 rememorize1632 retrieve1644 think1671 reconnoitre1729 member1823 reminisce1829 rememorate1835 recomember1852 evoke1856 updraw1879 withcall1901 access1978 1572 W. Malim in tr. N. Martinengo True Rep. Famagosta Ep. Ded. sig. A.ijv Alexander Magnus him selfe that great conquerour had nothing bene spoken of, had not Q. Curtius..reuiued the remembraunce of him, and called backe againe his doinges to his posteritie. 1574 J. Whitgift tr. St. Augustine in Def. Aunswere to Admon. 544 It behoueth that thou knowe the daye of the Natiuitie of the Lorde, not to be celebrated in a Sacrament or figure, but onely that it is called backe into remembraunce. 1673 R. Alleine Godly-fear 300 Remember thy self, look to the dayes of old, call back the things that are past. 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent ii. i. 16 Ev'n Age it self is chear'd with Musick, It wakes a glad Remembrance of our Youth, Calls back past Joys, and warms us into Transport. 1776 Poems on Different Occasions 67 Thy pensive mind Calls back these golden days again When Myra to thy love was kind. 1844 J. G. Whittier Pumpkin 24 On Thanksgiving day..What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie? 1851 R. C. Trench Poems 38 Then calling back this day we will be strong. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (2010) I. 216 I can call back..the muffled drumming of wood-pheasants in the remoteness of the forest. 2009 D. Paterson Rain 37 I can call back nothing of the missing hours But vague things, between image and sensation: A black wind, a white knife in my head. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (intransitive)] > revert to ancestral type to call back1853 revert1859 to revert to type1861 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 112 Isolated individuals appear, which, in the phraseology of breeders, ‘call back’ to their more remote progenitors. 1874 Farmer's Mag. May 441/1 Cattle may also still be seen which call back to the ‘Lamplugh hokeys’—fifty years ago great favourites in Cumberland. 5. a. intransitive. To return a person's telephone call. Also: to make a subsequent or follow-up call. Cf. callback n. 3. ΚΠ 1887 9th Ann. Meeting National Telephone Exchange Assoc. 84 I called back to ask if that address was correct, and the repeating office said it was. 1904 Telephone Mag. July 25/1 If the line is not available..she must call back in less than 30 minutes and complete the circuit. 1965 C. Himes Cotton comes to Harlem (1967) 178 If we're not there leave a number and we'll call back. 2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 May 42/2 The man mulled it over, and a few days later called back and said he'd pay $12,000. b. transitive. To return (a person's) telephone call. Also: to make a subsequent or follow-up call to (a person). ΚΠ 1904 Telephone Mag. July 25/1 The reason the lines are held is because of..the belief of operators that they are the only ones to attend to the business in hand properly—in other words that they are not going to be called back. 1932 E. Wallace When Gangs came to London xxii. 190 The operator..said she would ‘call her back’. 1972 G. Lucas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script) 49 Oh come on, honey. So I never called you back. I've been, you know, busy. 2013 L. Miller Parallel i. 11 Thank God. I thought I was going to have to leave hate voicemail to get you to call me back. < as lemmas |
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