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。
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5 R  a! ~7 C; z+ K5 C; a4 `$ W昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

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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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# h" b2 `, M3 X  D8 e" Y9 Ebtw,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)
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5 J: Y& j, N6 a(like a light bulb)
: N8 }! B. ^+ ^7 k+ p" {And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
& o8 _6 ^* G7 B5 Y8 m) F3 ~; WYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
( V1 V" }# Y( e9 v9 f4 w( IAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
8 w. b; v+ q$ eUsed to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
- m8 h( ^8 A& w3 xThey never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
3 p; }7 \% n# }Play in any reindeer games
(like Monopoly)
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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9 l) c& R' k4 p% e0 E* B8 s. |Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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(like Columbus)