| 单词 | peck-order |
| 释义 | peck-order|ˈpɛkɔːdə(r)|
[f. peck n.3+ order n., tr. G. hackliste (T. J. Schjelderup-Ebbe 1922, in Zeitschr. für Psychologie LXXXVIII. 227).]
= pecking order, sense 1.
1931W. C. Allee Animal Aggregations xix. 344 The ‘peck-order’ decides which birds may peck others without being pecked in return. 1939G. K. Noble in Auk LVI. 264 A peck order..does not appear unless the birds [sc. night herons] are crowded together in a strange area. 1955Brit. Jrnl. Animal Behaviour III. 94/2 It is now recognized that the peck-order forms the basis of all group behaviour in adult chickens. 1966New Scientist 26 May 536/1 Wolves live in groups, in which certain individuals are dominant: that is, they have prior access to food, females and other amenities. This sort of arrangement may be called a peck order.
2. transf. = pecking order, sense 2.
1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait xvi. 138 Amid the lower Australian peck order..wines are imbibed from the bottle. 1962A. Sampson Anat. Brit. i. x. 150 The Inns [of Court] have their own elaborate snobberies and peck⁓order. 1965Punch 17 Mar. 389/1 Dons have always had an instinctive feeling for prestige, not to say ‘peck-order’. 1971W. J. Burley Guilt Edged ix. 149 The human peck⁓order is far more subtle than that of the hen-house. |
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