| 单词 | call-up |
| 释义 | call-up[ kawl-uhp ] / ˈkɔlˌʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR call-up ON THESAURUS.COM nounan order to report for active military service. the number of persons drafted during a specific period of time: The November call-up was set at 15,000. a call or urging to service. Origin of call-upFirst recorded in 1625–35; noun use of verb phrase call up Words nearby call-upcall to account, call to arms, call to mind, call to order, call to quarters, call-up, call upon, callus, call waiting, calm, calmative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for call-up
British Dictionary definitions for call-upcall up verb (adverb)to summon to report for active military service, as in time of war (tr) to recall (something); evokehis words called up old memories (tr) to bring or summon (people, etc) into actionto call up reinforcements to telephone noun call-up
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with call-upcall up Summon to military service, as in He was called up for active duty. [Late 1600s] Cause to remember, bring to mind, as in These stories call up old times. [c. 1700] Also see call to mind. Telephone someone, as in I'll call up the theater and find out about tickets. [Late 1800s] Retrieve data from a computer memory, as in I asked him to call up the last quarter's sales figures. [Second half of 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。