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。
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1 `" |. }7 p1 i/ `昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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6 ^; q( K0 |& s/ ~) g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。

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！

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
% i. F* b+ {3 V( b% C! i0 ^Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
  Z1 A# L/ r* q1 I( DYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
0 N2 y: f8 e/ \( iAll of the other reindeer
8 I$ {% M; l+ y+ V" B(reindeer)
9 I9 S$ f% A  M+ ^1 {Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
0 x- a, n3 P( J, ?8 _' k, W; ^They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
Play in any reindeer games
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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% _! z6 U6 p4 i4 `Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
8 O3 W# a1 g6 ]2 @& PThen all the reindeer loved him
! g2 [0 x. I2 w; E0 @9 \! A(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
' d4 O4 S  H! G"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)