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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7 f, m, W$ ]3 z; acall sb's name。

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。

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。
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& U1 F- D) K: z& s0 a4 ybtw,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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9 D* m+ Q% z) [# ^Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
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4 a& z0 F. `7 d5 mAnd if you ever saw it
, s' a, Y& z, d/ v(saw it)
& A, M  X0 a0 G9 wYou would even say it glows
$ I9 R2 ?+ Y7 S! s3 O' J* L2 k(like a flash light)
7 s( O5 q2 X$ _- MAll of the other reindeer
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Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
, M3 Z( z8 o- ^# E! f0 QThey never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
/ q6 E% w% a2 |& ^! s$ [7 EThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
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5 ?; A# a6 ?$ z! i8 O# O' P. l& p% }"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
+ M( L2 o: x5 U7 L8 F. h* R2 OYou'll go down in history!"
- H: s7 U: Y# r, Y- a; W& ]- Y3 v(like Columbus)