called
v. 叫( call的過去式和過去分詞 ); 通電話; 認為; 估計
adj. 叫做;稱作
If you call someone or something by a particular name or title, you give them that name or title.
I always wanted to call the dog Mufty for some reason...
不知怎麼的,我老想把這條狗喚作穆夫提。
'Doctor...' — 'Will you please call me Sarah?'...
“大夫…”——“就叫我薩拉好了。”
If you call someone or something a particular thing, you suggest they are that thing or describe them as that thing.
The speech was interrupted by members of the Conservative Party, who called him a traitor...
演說被保守黨人士打斷,他們稱他是叛徒。
I wouldn't call it a burden; I call it a responsibility...
我不覺得這是負擔;我覺得它是一種責任。
If you call something, you say it in a loud voice, because you are trying to attract someone's attention.
He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name...
他聽到其他人從樓下不同地方喊他的名字。
'Boys!' she called again.
“小子們!”她又叫道。
If you call someone, you telephone them.
Would you call me as soon as you find out?...
你一弄清楚了就給我打電話好嗎?
A friend of mine gave me this number to call...
一個朋友要我打這個號碼。
If you call someone such as a doctor or the police, you ask them to come to you, usually by telephoning them.
He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance...
他尖叫著讓他老婆打電話叫救護車。
One night he was called to see a woman with tuberculosis.
一天夜裡,有人打來電話,請他去給一位患肺結核的婦女看病。
If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them.
She called her young son: 'Here, Stephen, come and look at this!'...
她喊她的小兒子:“喂,斯蒂芬,過來看看這個!”
He called me over the Tannoy.
他用天朗擴音器喊我。
When you make a telephone call, you telephone someone.
I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend...
我打電話給美國的一個朋友。
I've had hundreds of calls from other victims...
我已經接到了其他受害人打來的上百個電話。
If someone in authority calls something such as a meeting, rehearsal, or election, they arrange for it to take place at a particular time.
The Committee decided to call a meeting of the All India Congress...
委員會決定召開國大黨會議。
The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure...
皇家莎士比亞劇團要召開新聞釋出會,宣佈劇院關閉。
If someone is called before a court or committee, they are ordered to appear there, usually to give evidence.
The child waited two hours before she was called to give evidence...
小女孩等了兩個小時才被傳喚進去作證。
I was called as an expert witness.
我作為專家證人被傳喚出庭。
If you call somewhere, you make a short visit there.
A market researcher called at the house where he was living...
一位市場調查人員造訪了他的住處。
Andrew now came almost weekly to call.
現在安德魯幾乎每星期都來。
When a train, bus, or ship calls somewhere, it stops there for a short time to allow people to get on or off.
The steamer calls at several ports along the way.
一路上,汽船在好幾個港口停靠。
To call a game or sporting event means to cancel it, for example because of rain or bad light.
The second game of the series had ended in a 3-3 tie after ten innings when the game was called on account of darkness...
系列賽第二場在十局過後,雙方戰成3比3平,此時由於天黑,比賽取消。
We called the next game.
我們取消了下一場比賽。
If there is a call for something, someone demands that it should happen.
There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement...
不少人呼籲出臺新的安全措施。
Almost all workers heeded a call by the trade unions to stay at home for the duration of the strike.
工會號召工人在罷工期間呆在家裡,幾乎所有工人都響應了這一號召。
If there is little or no call for something, very few people want it to be done or provided.
'Have you got just plain chocolate?' — 'No, I'm afraid there's not much call for that.'
“你們有純巧克力嗎?”——“沒有,恐怕那東西沒幾個人要。”
The call of something such as a place is the way it attracts or interests you strongly.
You must be feeling exhilarated by the call of the new.
新鮮事物的魅力一定讓你興奮不已。
The call of a particular bird or animal is the characteristic sound that it makes.
...the plaintive call of a whale.
鯨的哀鳴
...a wide range of animal noises and bird calls.
各種各樣的鳥獸叫聲
If you have first call on something, you will be asked before anyone else whether you want to buy or use it.
Why should they get first call on the best property?
憑什麼最好的房產盡著他們先挑?
If you say that there is no call for someone to behave in a particular way, you are criticizing their behaviour, usually because you think it is rude.
There was no call for him to single you out from all the others.
這麼多人中,他不該專挑你。
If someone is on call, they are ready to go to work at any time if they are needed, especially if there is an emergency.
In theory I'm on call day and night.
從理論上說,我現在晝夜待命。
...a doctor on call.
隨叫隨到的醫生
If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
'Shouldn't you be at work today?' — 'I called in sick.'
“你今天不是應該上班的嗎?”“我打電話請過病假了。”
1. given or having a specified name;
2. known or spoken of as;
That face called up in his mind the image of his end wife.
那張臉使他想起了他亡妻的形象.
My brother called me from Shanghai last night.
我的兄弟昨晚從上海打電話給我.
We called on him in his stateroom.
我們到他的特等艙裡去拜訪他.
It is called series circuits in physics.
它在物理學上被稱為串聯電路.
The chairman called the meeting to order.
主席宣佈開始開會.