make a call
常用搭配，表示拨打电话。
I need to make a call.
我需要打个电话。
喊叫；叫喊；呼喊；（鸟或其他动物的）叫声；啼叫；鸣叫；召唤；召唤令；拜访；到访；停靠；决定；裁决；判断
a telephone conversation; an instance of calling someone on the phone
喊叫,呼喊。
A cry or shout.
鸟或其他动物的叫声。
The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
召唤,召集。
A beckoning or summoning.
电话交谈；电话通话。
A telephone conversation; a phone call.
打电话给某人的行为。
An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
短时间拜访,通常为社交目的。
A short visit, usually for social purposes.
船只到港停靠。
A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
决定,判断。
A decision or judgement.
辩论或公共活动中发言的权利；发言权。
The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
向另一击球手喊叫的行为。
The act of calling to the other batsman.
负责喊叫的击球手状态(取决于球的方向)。
The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
需要随叫随到的工作班次,即待命。
A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
跳转到子程序并保存返回原处的方法。
The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
许多游戏中宣布特定状态或规则,如桥牌、骰子游戏等。
A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
在同一轮下注中,对上一位下注者进行跟注。
The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
狩猎时吹号角激励猎犬的哨音
A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
水手长召集水手值班用的哨子
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
模仿鸟兽叫声的诱捕器
A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
邀请担任牧师职位的请求
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
在某年取得律师资格的人
A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
需要；必要性
Need; necessity.
I received a call from my mother this morning.
我今天早上接到了妈妈的电话。
用法提示：这里'call'作名词，表示'电话'。
The doctor made a house call to check on the patient.
医生进行了一次出诊，去检查病人的情况。
用法提示：这里'call'作名词，表示'访问、出诊'。
There is a call for volunteers to help clean the park.
有号召要求志愿者帮忙清理公园。
用法提示：这里'call'作名词，表示'号召、要求'。
常用搭配，表示拨打电话。
I need to make a call.
我需要打个电话。
比较正式的拜访说法。
We paid a call on our neighbors.
我们拜访了邻居。
常用于正式或新闻语境。
There is a call for reform.
有改革的呼声。
这些词都指一次电话联系：phone call 最通用，正式和非正式场合都可用；与 call 相比更明确是打电话。
ring 多见于英式口语，如 give me a ring，语气比 phone call 随意。
buzz 是非正式说法，常用于熟人之间，语气轻松。
grammar · medium
易错句子I need to make call to him.
正确表达I need to make a call to him.
可数名词call前缺少冠词。英语中，可数名词单数形式前必须加冠词a/an或the，这里应使用a。
grammar · medium
易错句子I got a call of my mother.
正确表达I got a call from my mother.
表示“来自某人的电话”时，应用介词from，而不是of。中文“妈妈的电话”可能引起误用。
grammar · medium
易错句子I will do a call to you later.
正确表达I will give you a call later.
动词搭配错误：表达“打电话”常用短语为“give someone a call”或“make a call to someone”，而不用do。
call指短暂的社交拜访，visit可指任何形式的访问，包括长期或正式访问
call多指请求或号召，语气较弱；demand强调强硬、不容拒绝的要求
call指天职的倾向或召唤，calling更强调职业或使命本身
电话通话
She got a phone call from her brother.
她接到了哥哥的电话。
打个电话
Let me make a call to the office.
我给办公室打个电话。
接电话
I received a call from an unknown number.
我接到了一个陌生号码的电话。
回电话
Please return my call as soon as possible.
请尽快给我回电话。
侥幸脱险
That was a close call!
那真是千钧一发！
呼救声
They heard a call for help.
他们听到了求救声。
打电话需要用到电话设备，与“call”指的通话行为直接相关。
打电话的一方，是“call”这一行为的主体之一。
电话来电时发出的声音，是收到“call”时的提示。
未接听电话时留下的语音信息，与“call”相关。
拨打“call”时需要输入的号码，是通话的必要元素。
幸免于难，死里逃生
That was a close call, the bus nearly hit us!
好险啊，那辆公交车差点撞到我们！
自然的需要，指上厕所
He left the meeting briefly to answer the call of nature.
他暂时离开会议去上厕所。
待命的，随时可被召唤的
She is a doctor and is on call this weekend.
她是医生，这个周末她值班待命。
电话是从房子里面打来的！
The horror film When a Stranger Calls features the famous line "The call is coming from inside the house!"
恐怖电影《当陌生人来电》中有这样一句著名台词：“电话是从房子里面打来的！”
荒野的呼唤
Jack London's adventure novel The Call of the Wild has been adapted into multiple films.
杰克·伦敦的冒险小说《荒野的呼唤》多次被改编成电影。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.