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单词 food chain
释义

food chain

noun

1
: an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
2
: a hierarchy based on power or importance
at the top of the corporate food chain

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

food chain

noun

: a sequence of organisms in which each depends on the next and usually lower member as a source of food

food chain

noun

as in hierarchy
a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain. animals that are at the top of the food chain

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hierarchy
  • grouping
  • level
  • bracket
  • rank
  • tier
  • standing
  • layer
  • caste
  • folk
  • class
  • grade
  • estate
  • gentry
  • stratification
  • order
  • place
  • stratum
  • position
  • status
  • echelon
  • subcaste
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