pecking order

短语

n. 啄序, 任何团体中的长幼强弱次序

词形变化

pecking orders 复数 pecking orders

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.

    生物 动物学
  2. 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.

    比喻 引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

hierarchy power structure

上位词 2

organization organisation

部分词 1

hierarch

整体词 6

organization brass administration establishment organisation governance

词源

Calque of German Hackordnung.

来源：wiktionary