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  • 1

    v.disparagingly call

    • hù lián wǎng shang wǎng yǒu men jiāng dì sān zhě biǎn chēng wéi xiǎo sān

      互联网网友贬称

      Internet users disparagingly call "the third party" in a relationship the "little third".

    • guò qù rén men biǎn chēng huì xīng wéi sǎo zhou xīng

      过去人们贬称彗星扫帚

      People used to disparage a comet as "a disaster star".

  • 2

    n.derogatory name

    • jí kè yī kāi shǐ shì duì diàn nǎo hēi kè de biǎn chēng

      极客开始电脑黑客贬称

      “Geek” was at first a derogatory term used by the average person to mean a hacker.

    • tā men bǎ mìng tí biǎn chēng wéi suǒ suì huò zhǐ shì yǎo wén jiáo zì bà le

      他们命题贬称琐碎只是咬文嚼字罢了

      They stigmatize these propositions as "trifling" or "merely verbal".