Dreye权威释义 | pecking order

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【生】啄序（禽类中占优势的可以啄地位低的）
长幼尊卑制度，权势等级
The guy at the bottom of the pecking order takes shit from everybody.
那个地位最低的家伙必须受每个人的气。

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以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

n.

a hierarchy of status among members of a group, originally as observed among hens.

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》