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

但不明白为什么叫name calling

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。

8 ~2 {0 i- p1 a0 n0 o0 c昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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我这个气啊，输就输了，骂人干什么。

三思

就是起外号，比如小四眼啥的。名词，表示这个行为。
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5 t6 X! J" ~1 j% E4 J+ m/ r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。

btw,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！

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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4 f* e5 j- q3 B+ ]# a* K/ TYou would even say it glows
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All of the other reindeer
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Used to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
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' S; C+ T2 ^6 u/ u- X" H5 APlay in any reindeer games
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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3 a0 r* q3 f5 ?4 Z# j5 P, fRudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
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"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)