mating season

基本解釋

Females are attracted to the male Booby’s brilliant blue boots, so it’s lucky for them that they get even brighter if they miss a mating season.
雄性鰹鳥(niǎo)用它們亮藍(lán)色的爪子來(lái)吸引雌性，而如果它們錯(cuò)過(guò)了交配季節(jié)，那對(duì)藍(lán)爪子會(huì)變得瘉發(fā)耀眼，這也可以算是一種幸運(yùn)吧。
Every mating season, he says, the turtles leave their home and breeding ground in the salt marshes near JFK and take to the nearby sandy, open areas to lay their eggs and bury them in the ground.
他說(shuō)，在每個(gè)交配季節(jié)，海龜們都會(huì)離開(kāi)它們?cè)诳夏岬蠙C(jī)場(chǎng)邊上溼地中的家園和成長(zhǎng)地，前往附近的空曠的沙地産卵竝將它們埋入沙中。
They will be housed in separate enclosures at the city’s zoo and brought together for their annual mating season, which lasts only between two and seven days between March and May.
在愛(ài)丁堡動(dòng)物園，除了交配季節(jié)之外它們會(huì)被分開(kāi)飼養(yǎng)。大熊貓的交配季節(jié)很短，僅有二到七天，一般在三月到五月之間。