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.
| 词汇 | pecking |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary 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. |
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