/kɔ:l ||; kɔl/verb1 [I,T] call (out) to sb;call (sth) (out) to say sth loudly or to shout in order to attract attention 叫喊: ‘Hello, is anybody there?’ she called. 她喊道﹕“喂，有人在吗？”He called out the names and the winners stepped forward. 他读出了优胜者的名字，他们就都站到前面来。I could hear a man calling his dog. 我听见一名男子在叫他的狗。
2 [I,T] to telephone sb 给某人打电话: Who's calling, please? 你是哪位？I'll call you tomorrow. 我明天给你打电话。We're just in the middle of dinner. Can I call you back later? 我们在吃晚饭呢，过一会儿再给你回电话行吗？
3 [T] to name or describe a person or thing in a certain way 把…叫做或称作: They called the baby Freddie. 他们给婴儿取名弗雷迪。It was very rude to call her fat. 当她的面说她胖，太不客气了。Are you calling me a liar? 你说我撒谎，是不是？
4 [T] to order or ask sb to come to a certain place 召；唤: Can you call everybody in for lunch? 把他们都叫来吃饭，好吗？I think we had better call the doctor. 看来我们还是叫医生来好些。
5 [T] to arrange for sth to take place at a certain time 召开: to call a meeting/an election/a strike 召开会议；举行选举；号召罢工
6 [I] call (in/round) (on sb/at...) to make a short visit to a person or place 探访: I called in on Mike on my way home. 我回家路上去探访了迈克。We called at his house but there was nobody in. 我们去过他的住处，可是没有人在。
7 [I] call at... (used about a train, etc) to stop at the places mentioned （指火车等）靠站，停站: This is the express service to London, calling at Manchester and Birmingham. 这是开往伦敦的快车，中途在曼彻斯特和伯明翰停站。
bring/call sb/sth to mind→
MIND¹
call it a day(
informal 非正式) to decide to stop doing sth 决定停止做某事；歇工；收工:
Let's call it a day. I'm exhausted. 累死啦，我们收工吧。 call sb's bluff to tell sb to actually do what he/she is threatening to do (believing that he/she will not risk doing it) 让某人干他或她扬言要干的事；要某人摊牌
call sb names to use insulting words about sb 谩骂某人
call the shots/tune(
informal 非正式) to be in a position to control a situation and make decisions about what should be done 能控制事态和作出决定
call by(
informal 非正式) to make a short visit to a place or person as you pass 顺道拜访:
I'll call by to pick up the book on my way to work. 我上班的时候可以顺道到你家来取这本书。 call for sb (
Brit 英) to collect sb in order to go somewhere together 接走（以便同往某地）:
I'll call for you when it's time to go. 到时候我自然会接你走。 call for sth to demand or need sth 要求；需要:
The crisis calls for immediate action. 事态严重，要马上采取行动。This calls for a celebration! 这就该庆贺一下啦！ call sth off to cancel sth 取消:
The football match was called off because of the bad weather. 天气恶劣，足球比赛因而取消了。 call sb out to ask sb to come, especially to an emergency 召，唤（尤指去办急事）:
We had to call out the doctor in the middle of the night. 我们不得不在半夜急召医生。 call sb up 1 (especially US 尤为美) to telephone sb 给某人打电话: He called me up to tell me the good news. 他打电话把这个好消息告诉我。
2 to order sb to join the army, navy or air force 征召入伍
call sth up to look at sth that is stored in a computer 查看贮存在计算机里的信息:
The bank clerk called up my account details on screen. 银行职员在屏幕上查看我账户的详细情况。