Call

(noun.) (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; 'he was ejected for protesting the call'.

(noun.) a visit in an official or professional capacity; 'the pastor's calls on his parishioners'; 'the salesman's call on a customer'.

(noun.) a brief social visit; 'senior 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'.

(noun.) a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; 'he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; 'Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed'.

(noun.) a request; 'many calls for Christmas stories'; 'not many calls for buggywhips'.

(noun.) a demand especially in the phrase 'the call of duty'.

(noun.) a demand for a show of hands in a card game; 'after two raises there was a call'.

(verb.) rouse somebody from sleep with a call; 'I was called at 5 A.M. this morning'.

(verb.) consider or regard as being; 'I would not call her beautiful'.

(verb.) challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; 'call the speaker on a question of fact'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) order, request, or command to come; 'She was called into the director's office'; 'Call the police!'.

(verb.) declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; 'call a runner out'.

(verb.) challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; 'He deserves to be called on that'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) utter a characteristic note or cry; 'bluejays called to one another'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) indicate a decision in regard to; 'call balls and strikes behind the plate'.

(verb.) give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance.

(verb.) demand payment of (a loan); 'Call a loan'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; 'call a football game'.

(verb.) lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; 'Call ducks'.

(verb.) require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; 'Call a bond'.

(verb.) make a stop in a harbour; 'The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow'.

(verb.) utter in a loud voice or announce; 'He called my name'; 'The auctioneer called the bids'.

(verb.) read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; 'Call roll'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) order or request or give a command for; 'The unions called a general strike for Sunday'.

达斯汀录入

• I have something beyond this, but I will call it a defect, not an endowment, if it leads me to misery, while ye are happy. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And what do you call these little fellows, ma'am? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Do you call it late? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• You and I shall quarrel, Naumann, if you call that lady my aunt again. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Well; but Shipmate--' 'Don't call me Shipmate,' said the man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Call Estella, she repeated, flashing a look at me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It is the work of that fellow they call Snipes, I am sure, said Jane. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I have called it insuperable, and I speak advisedly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I am coming, he called back; ?I am coming as fast as I can! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It is called the Indo-European or ARYAN family. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Their headquarters lay in the southwest corner of this district, near the crossing of two of the so-called Martian canals. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• She called to me faintly, and pointed to a little phial in her work-box. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Let no one suppose that the unwillingness to cultivate what Mr. Wells calls the mental hinterland is a vice peculiar to the business man. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Calls a house a rookery when there's not a rook near it, and takes the birds on trust, because he sees the nests! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She calls me Noah, as a sort of fond way of talking,' said Mr. Morris Bolter, late Claypole, turning to Fagin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Yet Arnold calls them 'The young, light-hearted masters of the wave. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• But I mustn't, and won't; and you will have the goodness to tell Smith to say I am not at home when either of them calls. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Next day, boy calls: “Very sorry--his mistake-- immense business--great many parcels to deliver--Mr. Sawyer's compliments--late Nockemorf. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The socialist movement calls him its prophet, and, while many socialists say he is superseded, no one disputes his historical importance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• William was soon calling out from the landing-place of the second story for his mother and for Rebecca. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But, much too soon, we heard the others laughing and talking, and calling 'where's Dora? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She ran along the sea beach, believing the old boat was theer; and calling out to us to turn away our faces, for she was a-coming by. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Good-bye for the present, Miss Bella,' said Mrs Boffin, calling out a hearty parting. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They had to wait, the driver calling and shouting, till the dense crowd would make way. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Then, do you see any way in which the philosopher can be preserved in his calling to the end? 柏拉图. 理想国.

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