mating season

基本解释

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.
雄性鰹鳥用它們亮藍色的爪子來吸引雌性，而如果它們錯過了交配季節，那對藍爪子會變得瘉發耀眼，這也可以算是一種幸運吧。
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，在每個交配季節，海龜們都會離開它們在肯尼迪機場邊上溼地中的家園和成長地，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.
在愛丁堡動物園，除了交配季節之外它們會被分開飼養。大熊貓的交配季節很短，僅有二到七天，一般在三月到五月之間。