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call

英[kɔːl] 美[kɔl]
  • vi. 呼叫;拜访;叫牌
  • vt. 呼叫;称呼;召集
  • n. 电话;呼叫;要求;访问
  • n. (Call)人名;(瑞典、罗)卡尔;(英)考尔

英英释意


1. a telephone connection;
"she reported several anonymous calls"
"he placed a phone call to London"
"he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
2. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
"the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
3. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
4. the characteristic sound produced by a bird;
"a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
5. a brief social visit;
"senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"
6. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
7. a demand for a show of hands in a card game;
"after two raises there was a call"
8. a request;
"many calls for Christmas stories"
"not many calls for buggywhips"
9. an instruction that interrupts the program being executed;
"Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
10. brief visit in an official or professional capacity;
"the pastor's visits to his parishioners"
"a visit to a dentist"
"the salesman's call on a customer"
11. (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee;
"he was ejected for protesting the call"
12. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date