verbal noun from peck (v.), late 14c. As a behavior among hens, pecking order (1928) translates German hackliste (T.J. Schjelderuo-Ebbe, 1922); transferred sense of "human hierarchy based on rank or status" is from 1955.
雙語例句
1. They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order.
他們兩個都來自社會最底層的家庭。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He knew his place in the pecking order.
他知道自己排老幾。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
一只知更鳥在地上啄食面包渣。
來自《權威詞典》
4. It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find.
時值冬季，麻雀啄食著能夠找到的任何東西。
來自辭典例句
5. She is pecking away at the keys of a typewriter.