n.[C]

1. （法院的）传票
   They served a summons on the young man.

   法庭传唤这年轻人出庭。

   He received a summons for speeding.

   他因超速行驶而被传讯。

2. 传唤，召唤；（议会等的）召集（会）
   I hurried in response to my friend's summons for help.

   我应召急忙前去帮助我的朋友。

vt.

1. 传……到法院[H]；传唤
   He was summonsed and fined $50.

   他被传唤，并罚款五十美元。

n.

1. an order to appear in a law court.
2. an act of summoning.

v.