becall

[古, 口]骂

词形变化

becalled becalling becalls 三单 becalls becalling 现在分词 becalled 过去式 becalled 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To call names; insult.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To accuse.

    及物

    1741, Conny Keyber (pseudonym; attributed to Henry Fielding), An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, edited by Sheridan W. Baker, Jr., Berkeley: University of California Press, 1953, Letter 6, p. 27, I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally.

  3. 3.

    To call; summon.

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To call upon; call forth; challenge.

    废旧 及物

词源

From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call.

来源：wiktionary