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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。
电话；通话
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电话；通话
a telephone conversation; an instance of calling someone on the phone
I need to make a call.
我需要打个电话。
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.
I received a call from my mother this morning.
我今天早上接到了妈妈的电话。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
I need to make call to him.
Use this
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。
Not this
I got a call of my mother.
Use this
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。
Not this
I will do a call to you later.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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call拆成c+all：c像话筒，all是所有人——打电话‘呼叫所有人’，也指喊叫、拜访、决定。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常口语对话、工作电话沟通、一般书面表达 作名词表示“电话、通话”时属于中性常用词，口语和书面语中都很自然；口语常说 give someone a call，正式场合也可用 phone call。通常不带有特别正式或随意的语体色彩。
这些词都与 call /kɔːl/ 押韵，均含 /ɔːl/ 音。注意拼写相似的 shall /ʃæl/ 读音不同，calm /kɑːm/ 以 cal- 开头但读 /kɑːm/，都不与 call 押韵。
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