Several fat brown chickens were pecking their way around the yard.

几只褐色的肥鸡在院子里啄食。

They work out the pecking order themselves.

它们自己有啄食顺。

Well, pecking describes what chickens do with their beaks.

嗯，啄食描述的是鸡用它们的喙所做的事情。

No pecking order exists among the cubs at the carcass.

啃食尸体的幼崽之间不存在啄食顺。

Previous work suggests the caterpillars whistle when pecked at by birds.

此前的研究发现，毛虫在被鸟儿啄食时会发出口哨声。

It's like a hunt and peck kind of a thing, and it's not cost effective.

就像猎食啄食之类的事情，很不划算。

The birds also get nutrients by picking at sores on the rhinos' bodies.

这些鸟还通过啄食黑犀牛身上的溃疡来获取营养。

The mother bird will dart at you and try to peck your eyes.

鸟妈妈会向你扑来，试图啄食你的眼睛。

And then, of course, reporters asked him about Elon, and Trump started pecking away cautiously.

当记者问到埃隆，特朗普开翼翼地 “啄食”（暗指措辞谨慎）。

With its bill the pigeon picks up the seeds on which it lives.

鸽子以种子为食, 它就是用喙来啄食种子的。

To peck? To...Like a bird pecks at its food?

啄？就像鸟儿啄食一样？

That's right. You are nothing more than carrion...

正是了 你不过是个贪婪啄食。

When the pigeons pecked at the button, the machine would give them food.

当鸽子啄食按钮时，机器就会给它们食物。

And the most important or dominant chickens, peck all the others.

而最重要或最有统治力的鸡会啄食所有其它的鸡。

We think this evolved because the finches likely started picking off the parasites on the boobies.

我们认为这种进化是因为雀鸟很可能最初是啄食鲣鸟身上的寄生虫。

Is it from the verb 'peck'?

是由动词“啄食”演变而来的吗？

Why should they eat their 60 acres, when man is condemned to eat only his peck of dirt?

他们为什么能够享受60英亩田地的供养，而更多人却命定了，只能啄食尘土呢？

So " peckish" means that you're a little bit hungry, a little bit like bird's peck at food.

peckish 的意思是你有点饿，有点像鸟儿啄食食物。

So, there is a definite pecking order in chickens.

所以鸡群中绝对存在啄食顺。

You're definitely top of the pecking order, aren't you?

你绝对在啄食顺的顶端，不是吗？