courtship
求爱
definition
noun
Highly romantic courtships don't guarantee living happily ever after, but they are associated with a longer road to divorce.
a period during which a couple develop a romantic relationship, especially with a view to marriage.
example
Nuptial gifts provided by males during 'courtship' or mating can influence female mating preference.
What looks like a brown bear brawl is actually some rather rambunctious 'courtship' behavior, say the authors, whose photographs frequently appear in these pages.
Apart from the lost paternity, other males may also decrease mating success by disrupted 'courtship' or female avoidance.
So, too, men and women seem to be different, at least when it comes to 'courtship' behavior.
During the breeding season, groups of males do their 'courtship' display together, puffing out air sacs in their chest and spreading their tails.
In arena trials, females that were exercised to exhaustion before 'courtship' mated with smaller males than did control females.
he was eventually successful in his patient 'courtship' of Dorothy
his 'courtship' of Emma was idyllically happy
the country's 'courtship' of foreign investors
But the 'courtship' behaviors and rituals documented are a boon to science.
Male 'courtship' display includes extending the dorsal fin, pursuing, and eventually biting the female.
During 'courtship' , the male displays for the female by scraping a nest and bowing next to the female while flashing the white on his tail.
Male 'courtship' displays and bright coloration are usually assumed to provide information to females about some aspect of the male's value as a mate.
Scientists think the 'courtship' behavior is designed to synchronize the movements of the two animals so that the male can receive the eggs when the female is ready to deposit them.
In this study early 'courtship' behavior, as measured by telephone calling patterns, emerged as a significant variable.
The rules of 'courtship' don't apply to you, and so your behavior is confusing and unpredictable.
A number of mutants showing abnormalities in courtship behavior have been identified, many of which show reduced levels of 'courtship' behavior.
In 'courtship' , the male attracts the female with an aerial display.
Participants who called more different boys or made more total calls to boys during adolescence were considered to have engaged in more early 'courtship' behavior.
He was one of the first to film 'courtship' behavior of Sandhill Cranes, Spruce Grouse, and Greater-Prairie Chickens.
This may be due to the cheetah's prolonged 'courtship' behavior, which requires extensive territory.
Strict rules governed young women's 'courtship' behavior because of the possibility of pregnancy and the importance of a prudent choice.
the country's 'courtship' of foreign investors
During 'courtship' , males sing to defend their territories and attract mates.
The test was internally corrected for differences in reactivity or spontaneous 'courtship' behavior between mutant and wild-type flies.
Men's 'courtship' attempts were described by comparison to just about every other public bid for power men engaged in.
Within the Zulu Kingdom in the late 1800s, an elaborate system of bead language was used, mainly to communicate messages about 'courtship' in love tokens.
Freund identifies rape as a ‘courtship disorder,’ that is, an anomalous performance of 'courtship' behavior.
In some species, males have 'courtship' displays which may involve feather fluffing, holding the wings out, shaking them, and raising the tail feathers.
There was no adult male in sight, because the female assumes all the duties of nesting; the male's reproductive role begins with 'courtship' and ends with mating.
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