单词详解

1. n.

A. 喊，呼叫 [C] (a loud shout to someone who is not near you)

Suddenly I heard a call for help. 突然我听到了喊救命的声音。

B. 电话，通话 [C] (an act of telephoning someone)

I made a long-distance call to Shanghai yesterday. 昨天我打了一个到上海的长途电话。

C.（短暂的）访问，（车、船等的）停靠 [C] (a short visit to sb. or sp. )

Tomorrow we'll pay a call on our grandmother. 明天我们将要去拜访我们的祖母。

2. vt.

A.（大声）叫喊，呼叫 (to speak loudly, or to shout to someone who is not near you)

“Come on,” my mother called out. “加油”，我妈妈大声地喊到。

B. 呼唤，召唤，召集 (to ask or tell someone to come to a place, usually so that you can talk to them)

My best friend Jenny called me over. 我最好的朋友珍妮叫我过去。

C. 打电话给 (to telephone someone)

Please call me tomorrow. 请明天给我打电话。

D. 把……叫做，称呼 (to give someone or something a name or title)

We call him Tom. 我们叫他汤姆。

3. vi.

A.（大声）叫喊，呼叫 (to speak loudly or to shout to someone who is not near you)

My best friend Jane called to me from the other side of the street. 我最好的朋友简从街对面喊我。

B. 打电话 (to telephone someone)

Did you call your mother today? 今天你给你妈妈打过电话了吗？

C. 顺便到……，拜访 (make a short visit; go to sb.’s house)

My brother wanted to call on his classmate after the examination.

我弟弟想在考试后去拜访他的同学。

 

相关词组

1. call on / upon 拜访（某人），号召，请求

I will call on my grandparents next week. 我将于下周拜访我的祖父母。

We had better call on our friends to help these homeless children. 我们最好号召我们的朋友一起来帮助这些无家可归的孩子们。

2. call at 到某地作短暂访问

They’ll call at my house tomorrow. 他们明天来我家。

3. call in 叫（某人）进来，来访

Please call Tom in. 请叫汤姆进来。

Call in tomorrow if possible. 如果可能的话，请明天来。

4. call for 需要，需求

We call for a new car. 我们需要一辆新车。

5. call up 打电话，打电话给（某人），使人回忆起

Please call me up tomorrow. 请明天给我打电话。

These photos call up my childhood. 这些照片使我回忆起童年。

 

相关单词

过去式：called            

过去分词：called         

现在分词：calling             

第三人称单数：calls           

 

相关链接

词语辨析：call on, visit, go to see, drop in

 

call on, visit, go to see, drop in

四者都有“访问”的意思。

visit: 较为正式，可用于访问人，也可用于访问地方。

call on: 有时可代替visit，但只限于人。访问某地方则用call at。

go to see: 为普通用语，一般用于人。

drop in: 指顺路探访，多用于口语。

 

词语详解

1. visit: 较为正式，可用于访问人，也可用于访问地方。如：

I visited my friends in Beijing last week. 我上个星期去北京拜访了我的朋友。

2. call on: 有时可代替visit，但只限于人。访问某地方则用call at。如：

We called on our teacher a few hours ago. 我们几个小时前拜访了我们的老师。

3. go to see: 为普通用语，一般用于人。如：

Tom is ill. Let’s go to see him tomorrow. 汤姆病了，我们明天去看望他吧!

4. drop in: 指顺路探访，多用于口语。如：

Would you like to drop in and have a cup of tea? 你顺便来喝杯茶，好吗？