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。

昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

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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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！

* v% f5 B5 X# R) X4 [! S8 G' uRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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: F" X1 q6 b9 J4 Z" N  V' cHad a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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. g" h* o6 {* K, l, v  u! MYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
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/ X: \+ J7 S. p* i: N5 KThey never let poor Rudolph
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: C8 O+ q& W; {- [" \7 LPlay in any reindeer games
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; x4 I" K6 I& \$ @/ AThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
# a# o3 [* j9 s& p. y3 t. \Rudolph with your nose so bright
. b! h0 k; b6 K; A6 i9 GWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
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"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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(like Columbus)