courtship

1. N-VAR Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting. 求爱; 求婚[老式]

After a short courtship, she accepted his proposal. 在短暂追求之后，她接受了他的求婚。

2. N-UNCOUNT The courtship of male and female animals is their behaviour before they have sex. (动物)求偶

Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male. 雄性动物的求偶有点大肆声张的，他们要大力炫耀自己。