英语词汇“to call signals”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to call (the) signals: (a) American Football (of a player, typically a quarterback) to signal the next play or formation to other team members (cf. sense 4c); (b) North American colloquial to decide how something should be done; to give directions to others (cf. to call the shots at shot n.¹ 7i).

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1894 Overland Monthly Jan. 20 He could hear..the indifferent voice of the referee droning out, ‘second down’..or again could hear the sharp, quick tones of the captains, calling the signals.

1905 St. Nicholas Nov. 68/1 Boomly stood back of the little quarterback, fearing to detect some sign of nervousness in the voice that should call the signals.

1952 Changing Times Apr. 11/2 Calling the signals takes patience, skill and practice. You'll get the hang of it soon enough. Don't rush it.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters ii. 61 He was the man at the top who was calling the signals.

1991 Sports Illustr. 14 Oct. 76/2 Philadelphia could have beaten the Bucs with an experienced warm body calling signals.

2010 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 3 Oct. g1 Calling signals from the sidelines would be the governor and key legislators.

单词	to call signals
释义	> as lemmas to call (the) signals to call (the) signals: (a) American Football (of a player, typically a quarterback) to signal the next play or formation to other team members (cf. sense 4c); (b) North American colloquial to decide how something should be done; to give directions to others (cf. to call the shots at shot n.¹ 7i). ΚΠ 1894 Overland Monthly Jan. 20 He could hear..the indifferent voice of the referee droning out, ‘second down’..or again could hear the sharp, quick tones of the captains, calling the signals. 1905 St. Nicholas Nov. 68/1 Boomly stood back of the little quarterback, fearing to detect some sign of nervousness in the voice that should call the signals. 1952 Changing Times Apr. 11/2 Calling the signals takes patience, skill and practice. You'll get the hang of it soon enough. Don't rush it. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters ii. 61 He was the man at the top who was calling the signals. 1991 Sports Illustr. 14 Oct. 76/2 Philadelphia could have beaten the Bucs with an experienced warm body calling signals. 2010 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 3 Oct. g1 Calling signals from the sidelines would be the governor and key legislators. extracted from signaln. < as lemmas
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