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。

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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0 y9 m4 Y& y/ _' u1 m' J" i7 v9 [Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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You would even say it glows
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" l$ H5 D, y) \All of the other reindeer
8 H" ?& d/ j( h5 }4 R7 Z, W(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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1 E; o8 |8 U& U2 {; Z2 HThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
" Y9 B9 W' u9 QRudolph with your nose so bright
5 E, Y1 m6 E. I# v: JWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
5 E8 Q  S! n6 ]. k+ M6 E' xThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
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* l$ z" |4 J; F+ i' J& G"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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# h% O6 h  P( ?* j# S, G5 k, j+ bYou'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)