call up
phrasal verbcall somebody up
- (especially North American English) to make a phone call to somebody
Topics Phones, email and the internetb1(给某人)打电话 - to make somebody do their training in the army, etc. or fight in a war
synonym conscript, draft征召(服役);征召入伍 - to give somebody the opportunity to play in a sports team, especially for their country
选入,征调(运动员为国参赛) related noun call-up
call something up
- to bring something back to your mind
synonym recall使回忆起;使想起 - The smell of the sea called up memories of her childhood.
大海的气息勾起了她对童年的回忆。
- The smell of the sea called up memories of her childhood.
- to use something that is stored or kept available
调用贮存;调出备用 - I called his address up on the computer.
我在计算机上调出了他的地址。 - She called up her last reserves of strength.
她使尽了最后一点力气。
- I called his address up on the computer.