- 大声叫喊；大声说出；唤起：
You must stand up when your name is called out.
叫到你的名字时，你必须起立。
- 叫…出来；出动(军队)；延请医生等：
We seldom called out doctors at night.
我们很少在夜间请医生来治病。
The police could not control the demonstrators, so troops were called out.
警方控制不了示威的群众，因此出动了军队。
- 引出；使起作用；使显现出来：
His eloquent speech called out a response in the heart of every man.
他雄辩的演说在每个人的心里引起了反应。
- 命令…罢工：
The labour union has called all the miners out to support the wage-claim.
工会已命令全体矿工罢工以支持这次增加工资的要求。
- 向…挑战，要求进行决斗：
In past years a gentleman should call out any man who was rude to his wife.
在过去，一个体面的人应该向任何一个对他妻子无礼的人提出决斗。