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词汇 call someone names
释义
Idiom
call someone names
Theme: INSULT
to call a person unpleasant or insulting names. (Usually viewed as a juvenile act.)
Mommy! John is calling me names again!We'll never get anywhere by calling one another names.
Idiom
call someone namescall (someone) names
to use impolite or unpleasant words to describe someone.
I was afraid that if I wore glasses to school, the other kids would call me names.It's a good thing he didn't hear me earlier - I was calling him all the names under the sun.
(= using a lot of impolite words to describe him)

call (one) names

1. To mock or disparage one with rude or offensive names. My son is miserable because the kids at his new school call him names.
2. To speak to or about one derisively. I barely even know Lauren, so why is she calling me names to other people?

call someone names

COMMON If someone calls you names, they use insulting words to describe you when they are talking to you. At school they called me names because I was so slow. She was bullied by a gang of girls who called her names and teased her about her weight. Note: You can describe this behaviour as name-calling. Many of his critics simply resort to childish name-calling.

call someone names

insult someone verbally.
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