pecking order

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
  2. The usually informal hierarchy of authority, command, or social status, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings. broadly,figuratively

词形变化

pecking orders plural

词汇关系

相关词
exclusivity snobbery social climbing social ladder

词源

Calque of German Hackordnung.
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