a)call (somebody) backTELEPHONE to telephone someone again, for example because they were not at home when you telephoned last time 再打电话(给某人);回(某人)电话
I’ll call back later.
我稍后再打电话来。
Can you ask John to call me back when he gets in?
约翰到家后让他给我回电话好吗?
b)British EnglishBrERETURN to return to a place you went to earlier 回来,再来〔早些时候去过的某处〕
You could call back to collect her at noon.
你可以中午再来接她。
Examples from the Corpus
call back• After a week, Shaun calls back for the fullcontainer and drops off a new one.• Since the publisher did not call back, Hathaway called the magazine herself.• She says your child has been admitted but call back later to see if she is going to stayovernight.• "Would you like to leave a message?" "No, that's okay. I'll call back later."• Never tell anyone that you are alone in the house - ask them to call back later.• "Does Jake want me to call him back?'' "No, he said to meet him at eight o'clock.''• Sometime after 10 p. m., the groups were called back, one at a time.• Carol called him again and he called back that he wouldn't be long.• He sympathized with our plight but suggested that I call back the next day, when the Florida office was open.• Shortly thereafter, Odom called back to say the warningindicators had changed to an all-outattack of 2,200 missiles.