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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' C3 A0 g; I' _6 _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

=
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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; Z1 X! B3 t, ~) w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！
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
0 V; m% P7 x; h" H9 B) a/ N6 qYou would even say it glows
) a  z8 v& ]3 H7 x. s/ \7 x4 }7 E(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
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Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
$ P8 Z" ^- b. v# r" T4 R. XThey never let poor Rudolph
" T7 @$ k- g% L2 L) _' ](Rudolph)
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(like Monopoly)

2 F3 i& {. f9 u) n' T' \Then one foggy Christmas Eve
8 z( G% h9 Y( B2 P: _+ W+ h  wSanta came to say
; ~5 E, z9 s% `; E, J* k6 I(Ho Ho Ho)
1 U0 V/ f9 H' n9 ]8 `! ?- GRudolph with your nose so bright
2 f% G( l. W: A1 X# e. }) X  VWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
) i  g) K7 B2 G5 N8 o8 h( x3 n(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
6 M  c' u" p2 M. [6 e"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
" g' a2 g0 c: V2 f9 L, R# tYou'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)