[N-VAR 可变名词]求爱;恋爱;求爱(或恋爱)期Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
They were more interested in courtship and cars than in school...
比起上学,他们对谈恋爱和汽车更感兴趣。
After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal.
恋爱没多长时间,她就接受了他的求婚。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](动物的)求偶 The courtship of male and female animals is their behaviour before they have sex.
Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male.
雄性动物在求偶时会尽量展示自己,并发出一些声响。
...elaborate courtship dances.
复杂的求偶舞
Oxford
court·ship/ˈkɔːtʃɪp; NAmEˈkɔːrtʃɪp/noun1[countable , uncountable ]( old-fashioned) the time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married; the process of developing this relationship 求爱期;求爱;追求◆They married after a short courtship.他们恋爱不久便结婚了。◆Mr Elton's courtship of Harriet埃尔顿先生对哈丽雅特的追求2[uncountable ]the special way animals behave in order to attract a mate for producing young animals (动物的)求偶◆courtship displays求偶的炫耀行为3courtship(of sb/sth) ( formal) the process or act of attracting a business partner, etc. 招商◆the company's courtship by the government政府向公司献殷勤courtshipcourtshipscourt·ship/ˈkɔːtʃɪp; NAmEˈkɔːrtʃɪp/
LDC
courtshipcourt‧ship /ˈkɔːt-ʃɪp $ ˈkɔːrt-/ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] the period of time during which a man and woman have a romantic relationship before marrying2[uncountable] special behaviour used by animals to attract each other for sex: courtship rituals
WDF
courtship
[ˈkɔ:tʃɪp]
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求爱(78%),求婚(16%),求爱时期(6%)
n.求爱;求婚;求爱期
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