1.[countableC, uncountableU]RELATIONSHIP the period of time during which a man and woman have a romanticrelationship before marrying 求爱期,恋爱期
2[uncountableU]HBA special behaviour used by animals to attract each other for sex 〔动物的〕求偶
courtship rituals
求偶仪式
Examples from the Corpus
courtship• Then she was kidnapped by a beetle, then by a mole, both of whom had courtship in mind.• Her jagged monologue is spoken to an unseenvisitor, and it tells the story of her courtship.• By May and June, courtshiprituals are at their peak, with three to five offspringborn five weeks later.• This is the objective of courtship.• As folklorists have observed, the courtship story tends to be a staple in any family which tells stories at all.• In the end, Phillis prefers the courtship of a yeoman, Corydon.• In their courtship, Joan stressed her good sense and ability to care.• So my name was a kind of tribute to their courtship.• My parents got married after a two-week courtship.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COURTSHIP | COURTSHIP + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤long長期的戀愛▸➤brief, whirlwind短暫的追求;旋風式戀愛◇After a whirlwind courtship, they married and went to live in Bath.經過一場旋風式戀愛,他們結了婚並搬到巴斯生活。VERB + COURTSHIP➤initiate開始追求COURTSHIP + NOUN➤behaviour/behavior, display, ritual, song求偶行為;求偶的炫耀行為;求愛儀式;求偶歌◇the elaborate courtship display of the pigeon鴿子盡心竭力的求偶表現PREPOSITION➤during a/the courtship在戀愛期間◇They often went there together during their courtship.他們在戀愛期間經常一起去那裏。