call down A. transitive verb 1. [call somebody down] (summon from above) 叫…下来 jiào… xiàlai 2. [call down something, call something down] literary (invoke) 激起 jīqǐ ‹anger›; 祈求 qíqiú ‹wrath, vengeance›he called down curses on his enemies 他诅咒敌人 B. intransitive verb (shout from above) 朝下面喊叫 cháo xiàmian hǎnjiào