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courtship

/kawrt-ship, kohrt-/US // ˈkɔrt ʃɪp, ˈkoʊrt- //UK // (ˈkɔːtʃɪp) //

求爱,求偶,求婚,追求

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the wooing of one person by another.
    • : the period during which such wooing takes place.
    • : solicitation of favors, applause, etc.
    • : Ethology. behavior in animals that occurs before and during mating, often including elaborate displays.
    • : Obsolete. courtly behavior; courtesy; gallantry.

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Examples

  • My first love went to art school, and early in our courtship he invited me to a student show of his photography.

  • In this recording, a male superb lyrebird ends its complicated courtship song and dance with an uncanny imitation of a raucous mobbing flock.

  • I can still enjoy the romance, root for the protagonists, celebrate the courtships.

  • They would mount others and display courtship behaviors exactly like a male would.

  • As we read these letters, which cover the couple’s early courtship, from 1941 to 1945, we can look for clues as to what went wrong — though the details are notably one-sided.

  • Everyone showed lots of skin and courtship perfumed the air.

  • They married on December 19, 2013 after a romantic “Walt Disney” kind of courtship, they both said.

  • However, the Republican base will be far less forgiving of Paul for his criticism of police policy and his courtship of Sharpton.

  • One of the lefties she met was a sociology instructor named Philip Rieff, whom she married after a 10-day courtship.

  • What made for an intoxicating courtship, however, resulted in a troubled marriage.

  • There is no dramme of manhood to suspect,On such thin ayrie circumstance as thisMeere complement and courtship.

  • I was riding by the ranch of Mr. Blank, who had wooed and won our cook after a courtship that was as brief as it was fervid.

  • Well, being safe again, he was a devoted lover again, and he must get on with his courtship.

  • There was nothing romantic in the courtship, but at the same time it was far from commonplace.

  • The girl "falls in love" with some one, and the courtship begins.