请问什么叫name calling

雲吞

字典上说，name calling的一个主要的含义是verbal abuse
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Xbfeng

给别人起带有污辱性的绰号叫做Name Calling。

sweatheart

简单的说是骂人吗

失落的我

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call sb's name。
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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

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三思

就是起外号，比如小四眼啥的。名词，表示这个行为。

著名圣诞歌曲红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫，就是典型的name calling. 歌词中有一句“Used to laugh and call him names” 就是起外号的动词形式，注意，叫谁的名字是call sb's name, 但是call sb names就是起外号了。

* }. Y, ?" a# H* t1 m/ h" f8 G( Zbtw,这是我最喜欢的一首圣诞歌曲，我觉得all of the other reindeer赤裸裸的势利眼形象太可爱了！
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(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
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You would even say it glows
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(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
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6 u4 J3 Z4 L" w* `. VThey never let poor Rudolph
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Play in any reindeer games
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
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Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
& U7 e  H3 ^( }# |' b, LThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
7 D8 E6 i+ Z: A) C"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history!"
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