pecking
英 [pek]
美 [pɛk]
- vi. 啄食；扔石头；吹毛求疵
- vt. 啄食；扔
- n. 许多；配克（容量单位，等于2加仑）；啄痕
- n. (Peck)人名；(东南亚国家华语)柏；(英、德、葡、匈、捷)佩克
英文词源
- pecking (n.)
- verbal noun from peck (v.), late 14c. As a behavior among hens, pecking order (1928) translates German hackliste (T.J. Schjelderuo-Ebbe, 1922); transferred sense of "human hierarchy based on rank or status" is from 1955.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He knew his place in the pecking order.
- 他知道自己排老几。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
- 一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find.
- 时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。
来自辞典例句
- 5. She is pecking away at the keys of a typewriter.
- 她不停地敲打着打字机的键.
来自辞典例句