call
英 [k??l]
美[k?l]
- vi. 呼叫；拜访；叫牌
- vt. 呼叫；称呼；召集
- n. 电话；呼叫；要求；访问
- n. (Call)人名；(瑞典、罗)卡尔；(英)考尔
英英释意
- 1. a telephone connection;
- "she reported several anonymous calls"
- "he placed a phone call to London"
- "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
- 2. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
- "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
- 3. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
- 4. the characteristic sound produced by a bird;
- "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
- 5. a brief social visit;
- "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"
- 6. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
- 7. a demand for a show of hands in a card game;
- "after two raises there was a call"
- 8. a request;
- "many calls for Christmas stories"
- "not many calls for buggywhips"
- 9. an instruction that interrupts the program being executed;
- "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
- 10. brief visit in an official or professional capacity;
- "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"
- "a visit to a dentist"
- "the salesman's call on a customer"
- 11. (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee;
- "he was ejected for protesting the call"
- 12. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date