单词 | pecking order |
释义 | pecking order peck.ing order AHD: [pµk“¹ng] D.J. [6pek!0]K.K. [6pWk!0]n.(名词)1. A hierarchy among a group, as of people, classes, or nations:权势等级:如人群、阶级或国家等团体中的特权阶级:“The astronauts had developed a pecking order that was military in its rigidity”(&b{Tom Wolfe})“宇航员已经发展成一个严格的军事的特权阶层”(汤姆·沃尔夫)2. The social hierarchy in a flock of domestic fowl in which each bird pecks subordinate birds and submits to being pecked by dominant birds.啄序:一群家禽中存在的社会等级,其中每一只鸟禽能啄比其低下的家禽而又被等级比它高的家禽啄咬 |
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