| 单词 | to call up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call up to call up 1. transitive. a. To summon or engage (a person) for a role, duty, or task; (in later use) (Sport) to select as part of a team or squad.In later use, esp. in sporting contexts, probably influenced by sense 1b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > call on to do something summonc1300 to call up1389 requirec1425 callc1430 repeal1585 demand1632 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 64 (MED) Euery yer schal the Alderman callyn vp foure men of the gylde bretheryn, for to chesyn alderman. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 34 Our noble king full of wysedome hath called vp this excellent man full of learnynge, to teache noble prince Edwarde. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 2 He had called vp his seruants to sadle his Cammels. 1732 D. Turner Art of Surg. II. vi. 101 Under the greatest Consternation, she called me up, where I found many bloody Cloths by the Bed-side. 1897 Country Life Illustr. 22 May 538/2 The same eleven will probably meet Oxford... There is too much present talent to make it either advisable or fair to call up an old Blue. 1911 Railway Conductor Aug. 606/1 Such a task is the most perilous that a lumberman, in all his daring career, can be called up to perform. 2015 Australian (Nexis) 14 Oct. (Sport section) 36 Pattinson might be called up to play against New Zealand. b. To summon to battle; spec. to summon to active military service; to conscript. Cf. call-up n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] wagec1330 musterc1425 to take upc1425 prest1481 to call up1523 conscribe1548 enrol1576 matriculate1577 press1600 in list1604 list1643 recruita1661 enlist1699 crimp1789 to muster into service1834 book1843 induct1934 to read in1938 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. clxii/1 Call vp your folkes, and let euery man be quickely armed [Fr. Faictez armer et appareillier noz gens]. 1534 G. Joye tr. Jeremy Prophete l. f. xciiv Cal vp agenst Babylon the multitude of al the bowemen. 1648 Answer to Pamphlet entit'led Declar. Commons 10 As for the stale Slaunder of calling up the Northerne Army, now renewed; it is well known, that the Two Houses..were not so partiall to the King, as to have conceal'd a Practise of that kind. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. v. 152 Call up more troops; the women, to our shame, Will ravish from the men their part of fame. 1793 Walker's Hibernian Mag. Feb. 105/2 The reproach nettled Macpherson so much that he called up his men, and, attacking the Camerons that same night,..made a great slaughter. 1857 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 82 281/2 The landwehr of the first band are liable..in the event of war, to be called up. 1877 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 36 My driver..informed me that he belonged to the Mobiles, that he had not yet been called up. 1899 A. H. Atteridge Wars of Nineties 550/2 Thus Japan had an army of nearly 70,000 men on a peace footing, which by calling up the reserves could be expanded into a war force of more than a quarter of a million. 1914 Eng. Rev. Sept. 258 We saw young Belgians crowded in trains en route for the front, men who were ‘called up’ against the enemy. 1945 News Chron. 1 June 4/2 We still propose to go on calling up young men under 30. 1982 Financial Times 4 May 16/6 The reservists in the Class of '61 have been called up, following their juniors in the Class of '62 who received their call-up papers a few weeks ago. 2002 G. Mccafferty They had no Choice xvi. 95 Eric and Tom were called up together and served with the infantry in France. 2. transitive. In supernatural, mythological, or magical contexts: to cause (a spirit, ghost, demon, etc.) to appear by means of a ritual or incantation; to summon from another world; to conjure up. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > invoke (a spirit) conjurec1290 reara1382 to call upc1390 raisec1395 devocatec1570 adjure1585 invoke1602 evoke1623 incantate1623 conjure1637 excitea1639 evocate1675 incant1926 c1390 (?c1350) St. Ambrose l. 315 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 13 (MED) A coniuror þer was also, Þat þouȝte to Ambrose worche wo; He calde vp fendes. a1450 York Plays (1885) 378 Calle vppe..Bele, Berit, and Belial, To marre þame þat swilke maistries mase. 1521 tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Cyte of Ladyes iii. viii. sig. T.iij The holy vyrgyne Iustyne..ouercame the deuyll whiche was called vp by ye callynge of a nygromancere. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 41 That thy power Might..call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 603 Philosophers..call up unbound..old Proteus from the Sea. View more context for this quotation 1783 J. Beattie Diss. Moral & Crit. 634 Ulysses, in Homer, pays his compliments to the Grecian ghosts whom he had called up by incantation. 1853 H. Stanley Pilate & Herod II. xviii. 60 The sin of witches lay in calling devils up, but Father Canon has been so kind as to lay this devil. 1882 Daily News 12 Dec. 5/4 Our modern psychagogues, the members of the Psychical Society, have not been much more fortunate in calling up spirits than their ancient models. 1916 S. Leacock Ess. & Literary Stud. ii. 47 Senile Seventy gravely sits on a wooden bench at a wonder-working meeting, waiting for a gentleman in a ‘Tuxedo’ jacket to call up the soul of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1949 E. M. Butler Ritual Magic ii. vi. 288 On that day or night Lévi proceeded to call up the ghost of the ‘divine Apollonius’ in order to put two secret questions to him. 2007 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. b1 If he couldn't harm a person himself, he performed rituals that let him call up demons who would do it for him. 3. transitive. To summon before a judge, tribunal, examiner, or similar authority; to order that (a person) be present to answer charges, give evidence, debate an issue, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon lathec900 hightOE clepec1000 ofclepeOE ofsendOE warna1250 callc1300 summonc1300 incalla1340 upcallc1340 summonda1400 becallc1400 ofgredec1400 require1418 assummonc1450 accitec1475 provoke1477 convey1483 mand1483 whistle1486 vocatec1494 wishc1515 to call up1530 citea1533 convent1540 convocate1542 prorogate1543 accersit1548 whistle for1560 advocatea1575 citate1581 evocate1639 demand1650 to warn in1654 summons1694 invoke1697 to send for1744 to turn up1752 requisition1800 whip1857 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Hv The chauncelars of englond..which be all lawers, and other doctoures mumsimusses of diuinyte were called vpp sodenlye to dispute the mater. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Dicere diem, to sewe a man, or call him vp, (as we vse to say) by action, writte, or commandement, proprely to cause a man to be bounden to appere and make aunswere. 1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth ii. f. 138 The multitude of them that are called vp by processe, that remaine in bandes, that are fled, hidden, and in prison, for not taking the Othe and Communion. 1649 Tothill's Trans. High Court of Chancery 190 A Witnesse once examined shall not be called up to be examined upon further point. 1697 tr. D. P. E. Hist. Amours Marshal de Boufflers 262 The Defendant was call'd up to appear before her Judges, where she was examin'd concerning the present state of her natural Parts, to see whether she were an Hermaphrodite. 1753 World 30 Aug. 110 I was unfortunately called up to give evidence against him. 1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 163/2 Mr. Stephens..was, by a bench rule, called up before Lord Mansfield, and the rest of the Judges of the King's-Bench, where he spoke for above half an hour. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 448 In school..the master ‘calls up’ a certain number..with each of whom he construes a part. 1882 Standard 25 Dec. 3/2 After giving their names and addresses they were permitted to retire, but were informed that they would be called up for examination by a juge d'instruction. 1902 Baroness Orczy in Royal Mag. May 15/2 As the day wore on and witness after witness was called up, suspicion ripened in the minds of all those present that the murderer could be no other than Lord Arthur Skelmerton himself. 1992 J. Batten Class of '75 i. 15 When a lawyer is called up before the law society's discipline committee, [etc.]. 4. transitive. a. To make an effort to produce (a particular quality or reaction) from within oneself; to summon up (courage, strength, a smile, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use > specifically a faculty to call upon ——1477 to call up1538 summon1581 to call on ——1721 1538 tr. Erasmus Prepar. to Deathe sig. Gv Hope beyng thus called vp, yet remayneth the feare of Purgatory, the which feare some men go about to mitigate and put out with remedyes. 1648 P. Sterry Clouds 29 Let this sight melt you, Let it move you to call up all your strength this once; to cry mightily to God. 1696 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens sig. T4v No Bar shall stand before you, that ye may not summon in, and call up Power to break down whatever is Opposite. 1774 London Mag. Sept. 443/1 At length, he called up all his courage, and with the most faultering and pathetic tremor said, ‘Sweet Maria, O would you quit this rustic slavery, and enjoy with me the more comfortable delights of life!’ 1838 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby (1839) ii. 9 ‘He is a little mad, I think,’ said Mr. Nickleby, calling up a charitable look, ‘but he is useful enough, poor creature.’ 1889 Illustrations, Pictorial Rev. of Knowl. 143 Calling up whatever remnants of valour were left to me,..I advanced. 1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 178 He could no longer call up any energy. So he just forgot it and found himself coasting along. 1957 R. Sutcliff Shield Ring (1966) v. 74 But Bjorn had something else: a bleak white flame of rage such as the berserkers of old had known how to call up at will. 2009 M. Duran Written on your Skin viii. 167 ‘It is a fine painting,’ he said, and called up a smile of his own. He felt resolved today, firm in his determination to behave appropriately. b. To bring about the recollection or remembrance of; to evoke. 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 1606 Returne Knight of Poste from Hell sig. Bv My frenzie..calde vp into my remembrance all the accountes of mine owne stupiditie and blockishnes. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv. 10 Why do'st thou call my Sorrows up afresh? My Father's Name brings Tears into my Eyes. 1785 T. Holcroft tr. P. A. C. de Beaumarchais Follies of Day ii. 41 The confusion still visible in her countenance calls up the recollection of all that had just passed, and he bursts out into an exclamation. 1799 E. M. Foster Rebecca II. ii. 45 Every room, every spot, every chair called up their memories to her mind's eye. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 155 The occasion..could not but call up some recollections. 1891 National Rev. Oct. 201 Every man was afraid of learned women: the very phrase called up disagreeable associations. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (2010) I. 375 This apparition called up pleasant times in the beer mills of Buffalo. 1921 Musical Times Aug. 560/1 ‘Country dances’ will always call up memories of a chain of youths and maidens. 1966 Psychoanalytic Rev. 53 113 He had been almost overwhelmed by his vision of Athens in a violet sunset, and thrilled by lands and ruins that called up from his memory grand schemes from classical epic and drama. 2005 New Yorker 7 Mar. 83/1 She's a little like the image her name calls up—a jolly, plump, animated snowwoman. c. To bring to mind by a conscious effort of memory, thought, or imagination; to summon up (a memory, image, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)] seeOE thinkOE bethinkc1175 devise1340 portraya1375 imagec1390 dreama1393 supposea1393 imaginea1398 conceive?a1425 fantasyc1430 purposea1513 to frame to oneselfa1529 'magine1530 imaginate1541 fancy1551 surmit?1577 surmise1586 conceit?1589 propose1594 ideate1610 project1612 figurea1616 forma1616 to call up1622 propound1634 edify1645 picture1668 create1679 fancify1748 depicture1775 vision1796 to conjure up1819 conjure1820 envisage1836 to dream up1837 visualize1863 envision1921 pre-visualize1969 1622 G. Markham & W. Sampson Herod & Antipater ii. sig. E4v Madam, you are my Mother; O call vp Your worst imaginations, all the scapes Both of mine Infance, Childhood or ripe yeares, And if the smallest shadow in them all Betoken such an error, curse me still. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. iii. 57 I called up the many fond things I had to say, and anticipated the welcome I was to receive. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. viii. 146 In her verses she is a tinselled nymph..calling up commonplaces with a wand. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 32 By these means we are able to call up a personal image of several men of the days of Eadward. 1909 G. K. Chesterton Orthodoxy iii. 63 You cannot call up any wilder vision than a city in which men ask themselves if they have any selves. 1946 F. P. Chisholm in W. S. Knickerbocker 20th Cent. Eng. 178 Every observer of language-behavior can call up examples of such ‘misunderstandings’ of language-fact relationships. 2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 15 May 7 He calls up the past in remembered detail, thinks of the paths taken, and those from which he turned aside. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > wake or rouse [verb (transitive)] wecchec897 aweccheeOE wakenc1175 awake?c1225 upwakea1325 wakec1369 ruthec1400 daw1470 awaken1513 to stir up1526 dawn1530 to call up1548 unsleep1555 rouse1563 abraid1590 amove1591 arousea1616 dissleep1616 expergefy1623 start?1624 to rouse out1825 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark v. f. xlv Suche as are in a depe or sounde slepe cannot many tymes be wakened..: and when they be called vp, yet doe they not by an by awake, but beeyng a good while halfe a slepe or drousy, gape, stretch theyr armes, nod with theyr heades. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 270 Five or six houres hee slept, and was call'd up by the same persons who brought him to bed. 1771 J. Trotter Faith Triumphant 6 Thinking it a pity to call him up, as he was but just gone to rest. 1840 A. M. Hall Marian I. xv. 186 All gone to bed?—cook gone to bed?—curse her! Call her up, and let her hunt out the larder. 1908 Millinery Trade Rev. Apr. 39/1 She..dreamed that her father had called her up early in the morning with a newspaper in his hand. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > to speech to call up1710 1710 W. Talbot Speech in House of Lords 1st Article Impeachment Dr. Sacheverell 2 Some of this Bench are necessarily call'd up, by Words which fell from the Noble Lord who spake third in this Debate. 1775 Scots Mag. Nov. 611/1 He sweetened this dose of censure with a great many compliments on the vast abilities..of the Noble Lord. This called up Lord North; who..observed, that he would not have persisted so much in his desire to be heard, had not something which had fallen from the gentleman who spoke last demanded a reply. 1831 Mirror of Parl. (Prelim. Portion, 1st Sess., 9th Parl.) 788/2 The speech of my Right Honourable Friend has..had the good effect of calling up the Right Honourable Baronet, to correct the very great misconception which I am sure would have gone abroad. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 524 These words called up Rochester. He defended the petition. 7. transitive. To call (a person, organization, etc.) on the telephone; to ring up. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] telephone1877 call1879 ring1880 to call up1882 phone1889 to give a ring1895 buzz1914 to give (a person) a tinkle1921 to dial up1924 1882 T. D. Lockwood Pract. Information for Telephonists 124 Having done all of this, then and not until then, should he call up the central office, and thus test the calling generator. 1900 N. Brit. Daily Mail 3 Jan. 6 In the matter of calling up the Exchange and ringing off, the Postmaster General says these should be done by taking off and hanging up the phone. 1910 ‘O. Henry’ Strictly Business ii. 27 Kelley went to the nearest telephone booth and called up McCrary's café. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah iii. 137 Engaged! Who is she calling up now? 1956 N. Coward Diary 15 Jan. (2000) 303 I called her up, apologizing abjectly for everything including being born and coaxed her round to amiability. 2006 R. Chandrasekaran Imperial Life in Emerald City (2007) vii. 159 The next day, he called up the company's human resources office. 8. transitive. Originally Computing. To cause (data, a file, an image, etc.) to be displayed on a screen. ΚΠ 1975 Computerworld 10 Sept. 2/3 Other reports—which can be called up on the manager's CRT anytime—show data more specifically keyed to programmer productivity. 1992 Harper's Mag. Apr. 48/1 Now see the mackintoshed reporter as he calls up the latest findings on his green PC screen. 1993 Which? June 12/4 All the models with Video Programming by Teletext (VPT) allow you to call up the TV listing pages on teletext to make your choice. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 May 46/4 Now it is easier to call up an article on JSTOR than to find a volume of the relevant journal on the shelves. 2013 Daily Herald (Chicago) 10 Sept. i. 9/1 He gently taps an iPad stylus the size of a pencil to call up a photo of his granddaughter. < as lemmas |
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