(in traditional opera) call for music (a signal given by an actor,just before breaking into song,for the musicians to set their musical instruments for accompaniment,by sustaining the last word he has spoken almost to a musical pitch)
Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.
谁要是接受挑战,向首相叫板,都将经历一场鏖战。
—— 柯林斯例句When you drive you had better not play chicken with bigger cars.
当你开车时,不要和大车叫板。
—— 给力词典精选When you drive you´d better not play chicken with bigger cars.
当你在开车的时候最好不要跟大车叫板。
—— 给力词典精选Apple Emerges As Nintendo´s Game Rival.
苹果手机游戏叫板百年老店任天堂。
—— 给力词典精选Microsoft financed its money - losing quest to take on Google in search with its cash.
微软为了在搜索业务领域与谷歌叫板,不惜赔本赚吆喝。
—— 给力词典精选