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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call sb's name。
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: V4 z" ?* q3 d6 L* G+ ~8 Q- i  ?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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* W4 Y- \$ a+ X, M6 O' X4 Z" Cbtw,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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' n3 O" M; A, u$ Q" ?Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
You would even say it glows
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All of the other reindeer
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0 T2 J- w) q: ~. j" X( gUsed to laugh and call him names
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& ]4 |* d- B1 n' iThey never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
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(Ho Ho Ho)
) a/ |5 Z  h% RRudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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(like Columbus)