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name-calling

/neym-kaw-ling/US // ˈneɪmˌkɔ lɪŋ //

骂人,谩骂,骂街,辱骂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the use of abusive names to belittle or humiliate another person in a political campaign, an argument, etc.

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Examples

  • However much we gossip about heterosexual couples with large age gaps, we at least refrain from calling them sex offenders.

  • Between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.

  • The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

  • “Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.

  • Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.

  • In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.

  • Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.

  • "It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

  • "Garnache," came the other's crisp, metallic voice, and the name had a sound as of an oath on his lips.

  • Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.