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单词 calling card
释义

calling card

[ kaw-ling kahrd ]
/ ˈkɔ lɪŋ ˌkɑrd /
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noun

Also called card, visiting card. a small card with the name and often the address of a person or of a couple, for presenting when making a business or social call, for enclosing in gifts, etc.
Informal. any mark, sign, trace, characteristic, or the like by which someone or something can be recognized.
Also called phone card . a prepaid card or charge card that can be used to make a telephone call at home or away from home.

Origin of calling card

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby calling card

calligraph, calligraphy, Callimachus, call-in, calling, calling card, call-in pay, call in question, call in sick, calliope, calliopean
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Example sentences from the Web for calling card

  • His vow that he would enter without so much as a calling-card had come true sooner than he had hoped.

    Bambi|Marjorie Benton Cooke
  • You ought to know better than to stick out your hand for a lady's calling-card.

    Sandy|Alice Hegan Rice

British Dictionary definitions for calling card

calling card

noun

a small card bearing the name and usually the address of a person, esp for giving to business or social acquaintancesAlso called: visiting card
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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