| 单词 | call |
| 释义 | call (once / 8 pages) 1vn 2vn 3vn 4vn 5v When you call, you shout or cry out so that someone can hear you. You might call to a bicyclist who's veering dangerously into traffic. You can call to your friend across the street, or call him on the phone, and you can also call your new puppy Jack. You boss might call for new rules about how much time employees take for lunch — in other words, order or instruct her workers. A call can also mean a shout or a phone call — or the decision an umpire makes during a baseball game. The Old English root is ceallian, "to shout." WORD FAMILYcall: callable, called, caller, calling, calls, miscall, overcall, recall+/caller: callers/calling: callings/miscall: miscalled, miscalling, miscalls/overcall: overcalls/recall: recalled, recalling, recalls USAGE EXAMPLESAt her workbench, she uses a microscope while cutting and removing tiny bits of metal with a sharp blade called a graver. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Mr. Hancock says that snake plants as well as a kind often called the “ZZ plant” work well in dark corners. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) Narrow your list down to half a dozen candidates and call them. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v utter a sudden loud cry Syn|Hypo|Hyper cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell call out, cry, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy hollo cry hollo hurrahshout `hurrah!' hallooshout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention whoopshout, as if with joy or enthusiasm pipe, pipe up, shriek, shrillutter a shrill cry howl, roar, ululate, wail, yaup, yawlemit long loud cries screak, screech, skreak, skreigh, squawkutter a harsh abrupt scream caterwaul, yowlutter shrieks, as of cats squall, waul, wawlmake high-pitched, whiney noises emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 2v utter a characteristic note or cry bluejays called to one another Hyper emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 3v lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal Hyper entice, lure, tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion 4v utter in a loud voice or announce He called my name The auctioneer called the bids Syn|Hyper cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell utter a sudden loud cry emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 5v rouse somebody from sleep with a call I was called at 5 A.M. this morning Hyper arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken cause to become awake or conscious 6v send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message Hawaii is calling! A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling Syn|Hyper call up, phone, ring, telephone get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone telecommunicate communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail 7v get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone I tried to call you all night Take two aspirin and call me in the morning Syn|Hypo|Hyper call up, phone, ring, telephone cell phone call up by using a cellular phone call inmake a phone call telecommunicate communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail 8v read aloud to check for omissions or absentees Hyper read look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed 9v give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance Syn call off 10n a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition Syn|Hypo|Hyper cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) blue murderan extravagantly loud outcry catcalla cry expressing disapproval clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cryloud and persistent outcry from many people hallooa shout to attract attention hoota loud raucous cry (as of an owl) hosannaa cry of praise or adoration (to God) noisea loud outcry of protest or complaint scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shriekingsharp piercing cry whoopa loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement battle cry, rallying cry, war cry, war whoopa yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle shouting, yellinguttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement yodela songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto Bronx cheer, bird, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snorta cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication 11n the characteristic sound produced by a bird Syn|Hypo|Hyper birdcall, birdsong, song bell-like call a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell two-note calla birdcall having two notes animal communication communication between animals (of the same species) 12n a telephone connection 2she reported several anonymous calls he placed a phone call to London he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call Syn|Hypo|Hyper phone call, telephone call call-back a return call collect calla telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for call-ina telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program crank calla hostile telephone call (from a crank) local calla telephone call made within a local calling area long distance, long-distance call, trunk calla telephone call made outside the local calling area conference calla telephone call in which more than two people participate wake-up calla telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels) toll calla long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate three-way callinga way of adding a third party to your conversation without the assistance of a telephone operator telephone, telephony transmitting speech at a distance 1v assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to Syn|Hypo|Hyper name address greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name baptise, baptize, christen administer baptism to referuse a name to designate style, titledesignate by an identifying term dub, nicknamegive a nickname to renameassign a new name to entitle, titlegive a title to termname formally or designate with a term tagprovide with a name or nickname proclaimdeclare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles label assign a label to; designate with a label 2v greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name She calls him by first name Syn|Hyper address name assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to address, turn to speak to 3v ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality He called me a bastard She called her children lazy and ungrateful Syn|Hypo|Hyper name assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to miscall, misname assign in incorrect name to brand, postmark or expose as infamous label assign a label to; designate with a label 4v consider or regard as being I would not call her beautiful Hyper consider, reckon, regard, see, view deem to be 5v indicate a decision in regard to call balls and strikes behind the plate Hyper indicate to state or express briefly 6v declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee call a runner out Hyper adjudge, declare, hold declare to be 7v make a prediction about; tell in advance Syn|Hypo|Hyper anticipate, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise read interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior outguess, second-guessattempt to anticipate or predict augurpredict from an omen bet, wagermaintain with or as if with a bet calculate, forecastpredict in advance prophesy, vaticinatepredict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration scrydivine by gazing into crystals vaticinateforetell through or as if through the power of prophecy enlighten, irradiategive spiritual insight to; in religion guess, hazard, pretend, venture put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 8n (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee 3he was ejected for protesting the call Hyper conclusion, decision, determination the act of making up your mind about something 1v order or request or give a command for The unions called a general strike for Sunday Hyper order make a request for something 2v order, request, or command to come She was called into the director's office Syn|Hypo|Hyper send for cite, summon, summons call in an official matter, such as to attend court beepcall, summon, or alert with a beeper call back, recallsummon to return call insummon to a particular activity or employment liftcall to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs mustercall to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. hailcall for summonask to come call up, mobilise, mobilize, rallycall to arms; of military personnel pagecontact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system vouchsummon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title buzzcall with a buzzer convene, convokecall together beckonsummon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture demandsummon to court enjoin, order, say, tell give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority 3v order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role He was already called 4 times for jury duty They called him to active military duty Syn|Hyper send for order, request, or command to come request ask (a person) to do something 4v call a meeting; invite or command to meet The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution' The new dean calls meetings every week Syn|Hyper send for order, request, or command to come bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 5v make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands He called his trump Syn|Hypo|Hyper bid raise bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level doublebridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) outcallmake a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game underbidbid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants outbidbid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled overbidto bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, preemptmake a preemptive bid in the game of bridge play participate in games or sport 6v require the presentation of for redemption before maturation Syn|Hyper call in demand payment of (a loan) ask, expect, require consider obligatory; request and expect 7v demand payment of (a loan) Syn|Hyper call in demand, exact claim as due or just 8v challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of call the speaker on a question of fact Hyper challenge, dispute, gainsay take exception to 9v challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense He deserves to be called on that Hyper challenge, dispute, gainsay take exception to 10n a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" Syn|Hyper claim demand an urgent or peremptory request 11n a demand for a show of hands in a card game after two raises there was a call Hyper demand an urgent or peremptory request 12n a request many calls for Christmas stories not many calls for buggywhips Hypo|Hyper recall a call to return asking, request the verbal act of requesting 13n an instruction that interrupts the program being executed Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed Hypo|Hyper function call a call that passes control to a subroutine; after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program supervisor call instruction, system callan instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor command, instruction, program line, statement (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program 14n the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date Syn|Ant|Hyper call option put, put option the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date option the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited 15n a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement 4Syn|Hyper margin call demand an urgent or peremptory request 1v pay a brief visit The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens Syn|Hypo|Hyper call in, visit see go to see for professional or business reasons seego to see for a social visit come by, drop by, drop invisit informally and spontaneously get together, meet get together socially or for a specific purpose 2v make a stop in a harbour The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow Syn|Hyper call in, visit pay a brief visit stop, stop over interrupt a trip 3n a visit in an official or professional capacity the pastor's calls on his parishioners the salesman's call on a customer Hypo|Hyper round (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order) visit the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity 4n a brief social visit 5senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence Hyper visit the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time v stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather call a football game Hyper defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table hold back to a later time Call (once / 519 pages) n WORD FAMILY Call: Calls USAGE EXAMPLES“Call it chi, call it karma, hozho is how we understand our way in this world,” Martin said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) He told The Morning Call state police aren’t sure how the “technical issue” that led to the error on Galarza’s record occurred. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Calls seeking comments were not answered on Friday. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) n a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call Hyper disposition, inclination, tendency an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
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