call

電話する

電話で誰かに連絡する。

やさしい英語で： To contact someone by telephone.

• Call me tonight.
• She called her dad after school.
• Have you called the doctor yet?

使い方： call someone (Please call your sister.); call someone on a number (Call me on my mobile number.)

類義語： phone, telephone, ring

よく使う表現： call someone, call home, call back

名付ける、呼ぶ

人や物に名前をつける、またはその名前で呼ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To give someone or something a name, or use that name for them.

• Our cat is called Luna.
• They called their baby Sam.
• What do you call this flower?

使い方： call someone/something + name (They call their dog Max.); be called + name (My brother is called Leo.)

類義語： name

よく使う表現： call someone something, call him ben, call it home

呼ぶ、叫ぶ

相手に聞こえるように、または気づいてもらうために大声で言う。

やさしい英語で： To say something loudly so someone hears or notices you.

• Call louder so I can hear you.
• She called his name across the playground.
• "Come inside!" he called from the doorway.

使い方： call to someone (She called to us from the window.); call out something (He called out my name.)

類義語： shout, cry out

よく使う表現： call out, call to someone, call someone’s name

呼ぶ、評する

特定の言葉を使って人や物がどのようなものか表す。

やさしい英語で： To describe someone or something using a particular word.

• Do not call him stupid.
• She called the trip a success.
• Would you call that behavior rude?

使い方： call someone/something + noun/adjective (They called the decision unfair.)

類義語： describe as, label

よく使う表現： call someone lazy, call something unfair, call someone something

呼ぶ、呼び寄せる

ある場所に来るよう、または助けに来るよう頼むか指示する。

やさしい英語で： To ask or tell someone to come to a place or to help.

• Call a doctor immediately.
• The teacher called me to the front.
• She called the children inside when it began to rain.

使い方： call someone to a place (The manager called me to her office.); call someone over (She called the waiter over.)

類義語： summon, send for

よく使う表現： call someone over, call a doctor, call someone inside

招集する、宣言する

催しを行うことや活動を止めることを指示・宣言する。

やさしい英語で： To say that an event should happen or that an activity should stop.

• The manager called a meeting.
• The union called a strike over pay.
• Police called a halt to the search after dark.

使い方： call a halt to something (They called a halt to the building work.)

よく使う表現： call a meeting, call an election, call a halt

電話、通話

普通は話をするために、電話で誰かと連絡を取ること。

やさしい英語で： A time when you contact someone by telephone, usually to talk.

• I got a call from Mum.
• She made three calls this morning.
• Did you answer my call?

使い方： a call from someone (I received a call from my sister.); a call to someone (He made a call to his lawyer.)

類義語： phone call, telephone call

よく使う表現： phone call, make a call, missed call, unanswered call

鳴き声

鳥や動物が出す声。仲間とのやり取りにも使われる。

やさしい英語で： The sound a bird or animal makes, often to communicate with others.

• We heard an owl’s call.
• Each bird has a different call.
• The frogs’ mating calls filled the evening air.

類義語： cry

よく使う表現： bird call, mating call, owl call