pecking
v.
啄，啄食，小口地吃( peck的现在分词 );
匆匆地吻;
例句:
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They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order.
他们两个都来自社会最底层的家庭。
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He knew his place in the pecking order.
他知道自己排老几。
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A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。
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Wrens are pecking the greenfly from Rachel's sweet-pea plants.
来自NEWYORKER
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Now you need a living, clucking status symbol pecking round your plot.
来自THETIMES
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These are what give individuals an alloted place in the group pecking order.
来自SA