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calling down

/kawl/US // kɔl //UK // (kɔːl) //

唤醒,唤回,呼唤,唤醒了

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
  1. 1
    • : 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

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inreproach
as invilify
Synonyms
assail袭击,攻击,殴打,打击berate呵斥,呵责,训斥,嗔怪damn该死的,该死,见鬼,可恶decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问defame诋毁,诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪denigrate诋毁,贬低,诽谤,驳斥denounce谴责,攻讦,驳斥,指责disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人malign恶意的,弊端,恶毒的,恶性mistreat虐待,虐待行为,枉费心机,枉费revile咒骂,谩骂,辱骂,僝僽slander诽谤,诋毁,毁谤,谗言smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑abuse滥用,虐待,辱骂,虐待行为asperse渴望,渴望的,渴望着,渴望得到attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的blister水泡,疱疹,起泡,起泡剂censure斥责,谴责,指责,训斥curse诅咒,咒语,咒骂,咒诅cuss骂人,大骂,骂骂咧咧,骂人的debase贬低,贬损,贬值,贬低自己dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖jinx扫把星,扫帚星,乌鸦嘴,忌讳knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击libel诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪,中伤pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅rap说唱,饶舌,说唱机,说教roast烘烤,焙烧,烘焙,焙烤scorch灼烧,烧焦,灼热,灼伤slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击slur骚乱,骚动,啧啧称奇,啧啧啧traduce诱导,诱骗,诱拐,诱导性vituperate疗养,疗养院,疗养地,疗养员voodoo巫毒,巫毒症,巫术,巫毒术bad-mouth糟糕的口碑,恶口,烂嘴,糟粕call down叫停,唤醒,唤回,唤醒了caluminate钙化,钙化物,谰言,钙化剂dress down敷衍了事,穿着,扮靓,穿着打扮dump on倾倒在,倾销,倾泻而下,倾泻在give a black eye打黑眼圈,抹黑,抹眼泪,打黑眼圈儿mudsling泥石流,泥浆,泥泞,泥泞的道路put a whammy on施以重击,加以重击,施以重拳,加以打击put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了rag on抹布,抹布上,抹布上的,抹布上有rip up撕毁,撕毁了,撕毁文件,扯掉run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失skin alive活着的皮肤,活肤,活着的肌肤,活着的皮囊speak ill of褒贬不一,恶言相向,恶语伤人,恶语相向tear down拆毁,拆除,拆掉,拆迁tear into撕成碎片,撕毁,撕碎,撕成两半
as inberate
Synonyms
assail袭击,攻击,殴打,打击berate呵斥,呵责,训斥,嗔怪damn该死的,该死,见鬼,可恶decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问defame诋毁,诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪denigrate诋毁,贬低,诽谤,驳斥denounce谴责,攻讦,驳斥,指责disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人malign恶意的,弊端,恶毒的,恶性mistreat虐待,虐待行为,枉费心机,枉费revile咒骂,谩骂,辱骂,僝僽slander诽谤,诋毁,毁谤,谗言smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑abuse滥用,虐待,辱骂,虐待行为asperse渴望,渴望的,渴望着,渴望得到attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的blister水泡,疱疹,起泡,起泡剂censure斥责,谴责,指责,训斥curse诅咒,咒语,咒骂,咒诅cuss骂人,大骂,骂骂咧咧,骂人的debase贬低,贬损,贬值,贬低自己dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖jinx扫把星,扫帚星,乌鸦嘴,忌讳knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击libel诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪,中伤pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅rap说唱,饶舌,说唱机,说教roast烘烤,焙烧,烘焙,焙烤scorch灼烧,烧焦,灼热,灼伤slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击slur骚乱,骚动,啧啧称奇,啧啧啧traduce诱导,诱骗,诱拐,诱导性vituperate疗养,疗养院,疗养地,疗养员voodoo巫毒,巫毒症,巫术,巫毒术bad-mouth糟糕的口碑,恶口,烂嘴,糟粕call down叫停,唤醒,唤回,唤醒了caluminate钙化,钙化物,谰言,钙化剂dress down敷衍了事,穿着,扮靓,穿着打扮dump on倾倒在,倾销,倾泻而下,倾泻在give a black eye打黑眼圈,抹黑,抹眼泪,打黑眼圈儿mudsling泥石流,泥浆,泥泞,泥泞的道路put a whammy on施以重击,加以重击,施以重拳,加以打击put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了rag on抹布,抹布上,抹布上的,抹布上有rip up撕毁,撕毁了,撕毁文件,扯掉run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失skin alive活着的皮肤,活肤,活着的肌肤,活着的皮囊speak ill of褒贬不一,恶言相向,恶语伤人,恶语相向tear down拆毁,拆除,拆掉,拆迁tear into撕成碎片,撕毁,撕碎,撕成两半
as inchasten
Antonyms
as inchide
as incondemn
Synonyms
castigate诟病,鞭挞,抨击,谴责censure斥责,谴责,指责,训斥chide呵护,呵斥,呵斥声,呵责criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问denounce谴责,攻讦,驳斥,指责punish处罚,惩治,惩处,惩罚sentence句子,判刑,一句话,句话adjudge判定,判决,审定,判断belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻damn该死的,该死,见鬼,可恶deprecate弃用,废止,废弃的,删减depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的disapprove不赞成,不赞同,不认可,不同意disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人doom祸事,灾难,祸害,毁灭frame框架,框框,框,帧judge法官,判断,审判员,评审knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击name名称,名字,名,姓名pronounce宣称,宣读,宣告,宣称是proscribe禁制,禁令,禁锢,禁止reprehend驳斥,回避,驳回,驳斥了reproach责备,责难,责备声,责怪reprobate恶人,恶棍,恶习不改,恶人先告状reprove谴责,斥责,责备,诤言skin皮肤,皮肤病,皮肤病患者upbraid叱咤风云,叱责,叱骂,叱咤江湖blow whistle on揭发,揭发事件,打小报告,举报call down叫停,唤醒,唤回,唤醒了come down on下来吧,下来,下来的,下来的时候denunciate告发,控诉,谴责,揭发find fault with指责,找茬,指摘,找茬儿find guilty认定有罪,认定有罪的,认定为有罪,发现有罪hang something on挂上东西,挂东西,悬挂东西,挂上lay at one's doorlet have it随它去吧,算了吧,随它吧,放手吧pass sentence on判处,宣判,判刑,判处死刑pin it on把它钉在上面,把它钉在墙上,钉住它,钉在上面point finger at指指点点,指指点点的,指责,指点put away收起,收起来,收回,收好put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了send up送上,送上去,送上去的,发出send up the river上河,溯江而上,溯河而上,溯流而上thumbs down on竖起大拇指,竖起大拇指的是,竖起大拇指的,竖起大拇指说
as inadmonish

Examples

  • Note: UNICOR uses its inmates for everything from call center operators to human demolishers of old computers.

  • 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."