call

英 [k??l] 美[k?l]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6高頻詞基本詞匯

第三人稱單數:?calls;過去式:?called;過去分詞:?called;現在分詞:?calling;

call 呼叫

來自PIE *gal, 叫喊，詞源同claim.

call: call: [OE] Essentially, call is a Scandinavian word, although it does occur once in an Old English text, the late 10th-century Battle of Maldon. It was borrowed from Old Norse kalla, which can be traced back via West and North Germanic *kal- to an Indo-European base *gol- (among other derivatives of this is Serbo-Croat glagól ‘word’, source of Glagolitic, a term for an early Slavic alphabet).
call (v.): Old English ceallian "to call, shout," less common than clipian; replaced by related Old Norse kalla "to cry loudly," from Proto-Germanic *kall- (cognates: Dutch kallen "to talk," Old High German kallon "to call"), from PIE root *gal- (2) "to call, scream, shriek, shout" (cognates: Sanskrit garhati "bewail, criticize;" Latin gallus "cock;" Old High German klaga, German Klage "complaint, grievance, lament, accusation;" Old English clacu "affront;" Old Church Slavonic glasu "voice," glagolu "word;" Welsh galw "call"). Related: Called; calling.

Meaning "to give a name to" is mid-13c. Coin-toss sense is from 1801. Meaning "to visit" (Middle English) was literally "to stand at the door and call." Telephone/telegraph sense is from 1889. To call out someone to fight (1823) corresponds to French provoquer. To call it a day is from 1834.
call (n.): early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.

2. Melanie promised that she would call them in the morning.: 梅拉妮許諾第二天上午給他們打電話。

3. They call rowing the perfect sport. It exercises every major muscle group.: 他們稱劃船是最佳運動，它可以鍛煉每一處主要肌肉群。

4. President Najibullah said he would call a grand council of all Afghans.: 納吉布拉總統稱他將召開阿富汗全民大會。