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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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。

+ C# f' o/ R- p$ s8 e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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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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) w9 i1 l) r/ F8 i, Abtw,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！

6 S; O4 v$ Q# ^( I; E, W' BRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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Had a very shiny nose
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And if you ever saw it
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(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
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(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
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(Ho Ho Ho)
# V! {" B: P: L; |" mRudolph with your nose so bright
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/ T' }, K' v* X9 n+ A* MThen all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history!"
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