释义 |
Examples:call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it—Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.—counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action—egg people on or to call them back—send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)—invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); recruit talent—lit. call the fire burn the grass (idiom); to cause a quarrel by provocation—one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call—call in (to a broadcast program) (loanword) (Taiwan)—always be there for sb at their beck and call—circulate (a protest or call to arms)—call to pay one's respect—need to answer the call of nature—call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade)—switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is disconnect the call)—take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth—call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention—call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders—call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers— |