1·A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find.
已是冬天了，麻雀们能找到什么就啄食什么。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·It is difficult to train pigeons to escape from a certain situation by pecking.
训练鸽子通过叼啄来脱离某种情境是很困难的。
4·The robin hopped about busily pecking the soil and now and then stopped and looked at them a little.
那只知更鸟跳来跳去，忙着啄土，时不时地停下来看看它们。
5·You could train a pigeon to peck for food but that's because pecking for food is a very natural response.
你可以训练鸽子啄食，但那是因为啄食是一种非常自然的反应。
6·After some more investigation, he discarded the stick and carried on pecking at the snake more confidently—apparently convinced that it wouldn't move.
经过一番查探之后，他扔掉棍子，更加有信心地啄着那条蛇——他确信它不会动。
7·He knew his place in the pecking order.
他知道自己在排序中的位置。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
8·New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations.
新西兰在橄榄球国家中首屈一指。
—— 《牛津词典》
9·It began pecking at the ground, looking for a worm to eat.
它开始在地上啄食，找虫子吃。
10·Motorists would rather pay more tax than lose the place in the corporate pecking order conferred on them by their company cars.
驾车者宁愿交更多的税，也不愿失去公司汽车赋予他们的公司地位。