call away
呼叫,拨打电话,呼叫方式,打电话给我
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Definitions
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- : to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- : to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab;to call a witness.
- : to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to dinner?
- : to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive.
- : to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock.
- : to read over in a loud voice.
- : to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session.
- : to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt.
- : to order into effect; decree: to call a strike.
- : to schedule: to call a rehearsal.
- : to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry.
- : to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to service during the Korean War.
- : to cause to come; bring: to call to mind;to call into existence.
- : to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court.
- : to attract or lure by imitating characteristic sounds.
- : to direct or attract: He called his roommate's attention to the mess.
- : to name or address as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim.
- : to designate as something specified: He called me a liar.
- : to think of as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark.
- : to demand of that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story.
- : to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language.
- : to demand payment or fulfillment of.
- : to demand presentation of for redemption.
- : to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections.
- : Sports. to pronounce a judgment on: The umpire called the pitch a strike.to put an end to because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game.
- : Pool. to name one intends to drive into a particular pocket.
- : Computers. to invoke in a computer program.
- : Cards. to demand.to demand the display of a hand by.Poker.to equal or equal the bet made by in a round.Bridge.to signal one's partner for a lead of.
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- : to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children.
- : to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package.
- : to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon.
- : Cards. to demand a card.to demand a showing of hands.Poker.to equal a bet.Bridge.to bid or pass.
- : to utter its characteristic cry.
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- : a cry or shout.
- : the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal.
- : an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call.
- : an act or instance of telephoning: She returned his call as soon as her meeting was over.
- : a short visit: to make a call on someone.
- : a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We live so close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls.
- : a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean.
- : a calling of a roll; roll call.
- : the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea.
- : a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister.
- : a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc.
- : a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things.
- : a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time.
- : a demand for payment of an obligation, especially where payment is at the option of the creditor.
- : Cards. a demand for a card or a showing of hands.Poker.an equaling of the preceding bet.Bridge.a bid or pass.
- : Sports. a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees were making one bad call after another.
- : Theater. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager.act call. curtain call.
- : Dance. a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller.
- : Also called call option .Finance. an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise.Compare put.
- : Fox Hunting. any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds.
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- : call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away.
- : call back, to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger.The actor was called back for a second audition.to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
- : call down, to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of God.to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness.
- : call for, to go or come to get; pick up; fetch. to request; summon. to require; need: The occasion calls for a cool head.
- : call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve.
- : call in, to call for payment; collect. to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates.to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation.to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?to participate in a radio or television program by telephone.
- : call in / into question question.
- : call off, to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.to cancel that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
- : call on / upon to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
- : call out. See entry at callout.
- : call up, to bring forward for consideration or discussion.to cause to remember; evoke. to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone.to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up.Computers.to summon from a computer system for display on a screen: She called up the full text.
Phrases
- call a halt
- call a spade a spade
- call back
- call down
- call for
- call in
- call in question
- call in sick
- call it a day
- call it quits
- call names
- call of duty
- call off
- call of nature
- call on
- call one's own
- call on the carpet
- call out
- call someone's bluff
- call the shots
- call the tune
- call to account
- call to mind
- call to order
- call up
- call upon
- above and beyond (the call of duty)
- at someone's beck and call
- close call
- dressing (calling) down
- no call for
- on call
- pay a call
- pot calling the kettle black
- too close to call
- uncalled for
- wake-up call
- within call
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Examples
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This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
Al Qaeda has never managed to carve out a large chunk of real estate to call its own—in Afghanistan it was a guest of the Taliban.
Who else would see a former spouse accused of underage sex and call him ‘the greatest man there is’?
Almost everyone I spoke to said they have used JSwipe because they are specifically not just looking for a booty call.
Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.
After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.
"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.
Each did his duty, or was adjured to do it, in the "state of life to which it had pleased God to call him."