call

1.a telephone connection;

she reported several anonymous calls

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

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

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

1.assign a specified, proper name to;

They named their son David

2.get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;

I tried to call you all night

3.ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality;

He called me a bastard

4.order, request, or command to come;

She was called into the director's office

5.utter a sudden loud cry;

she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle

6.pay a brief visit;

The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens

7.call a meeting; invite or command to meet;

The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'

8.order or request or give a command for;

The unions called a general strike for Sunday

9.order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role;

He was already called 4 times for jury duty

10. indicate a decision in regard to;

call balls and strikes behind the plate

11. stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather;

call a football game

12. read aloud to check for omissions or absentees;

Call roll

13. send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message;

Hawaii is calling!

14. declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee;

call a runner out

15. utter a characteristic note or cry;

bluejays called to one another

16. utter in a loud voice or announce;

He called my name

17. make a prediction about; tell in advance;

Call the outcome of an election

18. challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense;

He deserves to be called on that

19. consider or regard as being;

I would not call her beautiful

20. demand payment of (a loan);

Call a loan

21. give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

22. greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;

He always addresses me with `Sir'

23. make a stop in a harbour;

The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow

24. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;

He called his trump

25. require the presentation of for redemption before maturation;

Call a bond

26. lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal;

Call ducks

27. challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of;

call the speaker on a question of fact

28. rouse somebody from sleep with a call;

I was called at 5 A.M. this morning

1.She'll never try to trick you, she always calls her shots.

她决不会想要算计你，她凡事总归有言在先。

2.Nothing ever happens as Tom says it will. He is very poor at calling his shots.

汤姆预言的事从未发生。他是个蹩脚得很的预言家。