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call sb a nigger
动词 call 后接宾语和名词补语；这是种族侮辱语，非常冒犯。
He was fired for calling his coworker a nigger.
他因称同事为“黑鬼”而被解雇。
黑鬼
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
黑鬼
an extremely offensive name for a Black person
He was fired for calling his coworker a nigger.
他因称同事为“黑鬼”而被解雇。
极具冒犯性的侮辱性称呼，切勿使用。
朋友,特别是黑人朋友(非正式称呼)
A friend, particularly a fellow black person (often as an informal term of address).
任何种类的人(特别是作为辱骂用语)
A person of any kind (particularly as a term of abuse).
He was called a nigger by his classmates.
他被同学叫做黑鬼。
If you ever call a Black person a nigger, you will be in trouble.
如果你敢管一个黑人叫黑鬼，你会惹上麻烦。
She felt humiliated when a stranger called her a nigger.
当一个陌生人叫她黑鬼时，她感到屈辱。
动词 call 后接宾语和名词补语；这是种族侮辱语，非常冒犯。
He was fired for calling his coworker a nigger.
他因称同事为“黑鬼”而被解雇。
提到这个禁忌词时，通常用 the N-word（N词）等委婉说法代替。
The word nigger is one of the most offensive slurs in English.
“黑鬼”一词是英语中最具冒犯性的侮辱语之一。
Not this
I have a nigger friend.
Use this
I have a Black friend.
nigger 是极具冒犯性的种族侮辱词，绝不能用来指称黑人。中性、礼貌的表达应使用 Black（黑人）或 African American（非裔美国人）。此错误源于不了解该词的贬义色彩，应改为 Black。
Not this
He is very nigger with money.
Use this
He is very niggardly with money.
nigger 与 niggardly 发音相近但词义和词性完全不同：nigger 是侮辱性名词（黑鬼），niggardly 是形容词（吝啬的）。本句想表达“吝啬”，应用 niggardly，而非 nigger。同时 nigger 也不能作形容词用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
“黑鬼”一词（对黑人的蔑称）
The word nigger is considered an extremely offensive racial slur.
“黑鬼”一词被认为是一个极具冒犯性的种族蔑称。
骂某人是“黑鬼”
He was called a nigger by a stranger on the bus.
他在公交车上被一个陌生人骂作“黑鬼”。
“黑鬼”笑话（种族歧视笑话）
She was offended when he told a nigger joke at the party.
他在聚会上讲了一个“黑鬼”笑话，让她很反感。
隐藏的麻烦或可疑之处（含强烈冒犯性，已过时）
I suspected there was a nigger in the woodpile when the deal seemed too easy.
当这笔交易看起来太容易时，我怀疑其中隐藏着问题。
意外的好运气（含强烈冒犯性）
He said winning twice was just nigger luck.
他说连赢两次纯属黑鬼运气。
（旧时戏院中给黑人的）顶层楼座（含强烈冒犯性）
In the old theater, Black patrons had to sit in nigger heaven.
在那家老剧院里，黑人观众只能坐在“黑鬼天堂”里。
我要找几个动手狠的黑鬼，拿钳子和喷灯来收拾你。
In this famous line from the film Pulp Fiction, the word 'nigger' is used as a racial slur in a threat.
在电影《低俗小说》的这句经典台词中，“nigger”一词被用作威胁时的种族侮辱语。
我用了十五分钟才鼓起勇气，低三下四地去向一个黑鬼赔礼道歉；不过我做到了，之后一点也不后悔。
In Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the word 'nigger' appears throughout to reflect the era's language.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》中，“nigger”一词贯穿全书，反映了那个时代的用语。
Use nigger naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
nigger 发音近似“尼格”，但它是侮辱黑人的极端冒犯词；联想到“neg-（否定）”，提醒自己绝对不要使用。
语域：mixed 常见场景：种族歧视话语中、学术或新闻讨论中引述该词时、历史文献中 该词是对黑人的极端冒犯性种族侮辱语，在当代英语中通常被视为禁忌词，多用于直接引述或讨论其危害的语境，日常交流中不应使用。
这是一个极具冒犯性的种族歧视用语，应避免使用。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.