call out• I thought I heard someone calling for help.• Just call me if you need anything. I'm right here.• "Is there anybody there?'' he called out, but there was no reply.• She called out his name but he didn't look back.• The prisoners used to call out to each other from their cells.
call to• The next minute you could be called out to a suddendeath.• Other areas which call out to be critically re-evaluated in this way are methodology and theory.• Friends had stoppedcalling out to each other from across the street.• Eventually she could play in the next room with you calling out to her or checking on her every now and then.• Miguel had called out to him.• I wanted to call out to Minna, but restrained myself-the sound of my own voice would have frightened me.• They joked and called out to one another, except for Lacrimosa, who was glaring directly at her.• She wondered if she should call out to Paxton, just to find out where he was.
ˈcall-out noun [countableC]British EnglishBrE
a situation in which someone is called to another person’s house or place of business to do repairs, help them etc 上门服务,应召出勤
The lifeboat has had ten call-outs in the past year.
c)call somebody/something ↔ outBritish EnglishBrESTOP WORKING/GO ON STRIKE to order workers to go on strike 号召〔工人〕罢工
The transport workers were called out.
运输工人被号召起来罢工。
Examples from the Corpus
call out• I thought I heard someone calling for help.• Just call me if you need anything. I'm right here.• "Is there anybody there?'' he called out, but there was no reply.• She called out his name but he didn't look back.• The prisoners used to call out to each other from their cells.
call to• The next minute you could be called out to a suddendeath.• Other areas which call out to be critically re-evaluated in this way are methodology and theory.• Friends had stoppedcalling out to each other from across the street.• Eventually she could play in the next room with you calling out to her or checking on her every now and then.• Miguel had called out to him.• I wanted to call out to Minna, but restrained myself-the sound of my own voice would have frightened me.• They joked and called out to one another, except for Lacrimosa, who was glaring directly at her.• She wondered if she should call out to Paxton, just to find out where he was.