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peck·ing order AHD[pĕkʹĭng] D.J.[ˈpekɪŋ]K.K.[ˈpɛkɪŋ]n.（名词）- 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"(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)
- 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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