call - Definition & Meaning | VisualLang Dictionary

to call

第三人称

calls

现在进行时

calling

过去式

called

过去完成时

called

打电话, 呼叫

to telephone a place or person

及物动词

Can you call me back in ten minutes?
你能在十分钟后打回给我吗？
Can you call the restaurant and make a reservation for us?
你能打电话给餐厅为我们预订吗？
Can you call the office and ask for the schedule?
你能打电话给办公室询问日程安排吗？
They call their grandparents every Sunday to check in.
他们每个星期天都会打电话给祖父母报平安。
Where were you when I called you earlier?
我之前打电话给你的时候你在哪里？

同义词：

telephone call up ring phone

称呼, 命名

to give a name or title to someone or something

Do you know anyone called Emily?
你认识有谁叫艾米丽吗？
She can't remember what the restaurant we went to last week was called.
她不记得我们上周去的那家餐厅叫什么了。
She wants to call her baby girl Lily.
她想叫她的女婴莉莉。
We decided to call our new puppy Max.
我们决定给我们的新小狗取名为Max。
What are their twin daughters called?
他们的双胞胎女儿叫什么？

同义词：

be known as know as name

叫, 喊

to attract someone's attention by shouting or saying something loudly

及物动词

Did you just call my name a minute ago?
你一分钟前刚叫了我的名字吗？
He called to the waiter to bring another drink.
他叫服务员再拿一杯饮料来。
I heard someone calling for help in the distance.
我听到远处有人在呼叫求助。
She called his name repeatedly, hoping he would hear her over the loud music.
她反复呼唤他的名字，希望他能在嘈杂的音乐声中听到她。
A passerby called to the child who was wandering too close to the edge of the pond.
一个路人叫住了在池塘边徘徊得太近的孩子。

拜访, 访问

to go to a particular place in order to pay someone a quick visit or to do a specific thing

及物动词

I need to call at the bank to withdraw some money.
我需要去银行取一些钱。
She called at her friend's house to drop off a package.
她去朋友家送了一个包裹。

同义词：

visit call in

召唤, 传唤

to request or order someone to come to a place, particularly a court of law in order to testify

及物动词

The applicants were called for a skills assessment test.
申请人被召集参加技能评估测试。
The CEO was called back to the headquarters for an emergency meeting.
首席执行官被召回总部参加紧急会议。
The defense attorney plans to call an expert witness to testify.
辩护律师计划传唤一位专家证人作证。
The doctor was called back to the hospital for an urgent surgery.
医生被召回医院进行紧急手术。
The prosecutor will call the witness to the stand.
检察官将传唤证人到庭。

同义词：

send for

预测, 预言

to predict the result of something, particularly a future event, such as an election

及物动词

The investor called the rise of cryptocurrency before it became mainstream.
投资者在加密货币成为主流之前就预测到了它的崛起。
The outcome of the championship game is too close to call.
冠军赛的结果太接近了，无法预测。
The result of the election in the swing state is too close to call.
摇摆州的选举结果太接近，无法预测。
The results of the experiment are hard to call as the data is inconclusive.
由于数据不确定，实验的结果很难预测。

同义词：

predict foretell prognosticate forebode anticipate promise

跟注, 看牌

to match the current bet or raise made by another player in the same round of betting, thereby staying in the hand and retaining the chance to win the pot

及物动词

I'll call your bet and see the next card.
我会跟注你的赌注并看下一张牌。
She called the all-in bet and revealed her pocket aces.
她跟注了全押并亮出了她的口袋A。
She called the raise and continued to play her hand.
她跟注了加注并继续玩她的手牌。
They called the minimum bet and hoped to hit their flush on the river.
他们跟注了最小赌注，并希望在河牌时击中同花。

同义词：

bid