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

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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8 J$ W! H) g8 ~5 P1 |& @* \call sb's name。
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, T. ~9 c/ l+ R8 \+ x! {% e% e' C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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6 A. n! R  b+ r8 ~5 t& Wbtw,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
* i' w& x# Q1 s& D1 ~9 z(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
& L+ Y# ?) J; n3 W* d# WYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
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3 o, N* k" s9 ^/ G( D# g! tUsed to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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(like Monopoly)
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. g0 l' P+ o8 B4 ?( w! hThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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4 ^% c' K9 @. z- @% @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)
$ C# |  h! r6 O* c' Y% s9 `. r0 b"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)