peck.ing order

pecking-order的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈpekiŋ]
KK音标发音： [ˈpɛkɪŋ]

pecking-order的词性：
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”(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