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.
雄性鲣鸟用它们亮蓝色的爪子来吸引雌性，而如果它们错过了交配季节，那对蓝爪子会变得愈发耀眼，这也可以算是一种幸运吧。
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.
他说，在每个交配季节，海龟们都会离开它们在肯尼迪机场边上湿地中的家园和成长地，前往附近的空旷的沙地产卵并将它们埋入沙中。
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.
在爱丁堡动物园，除了交配季节之外它们会被分开饲养。大熊猫的交配季节很短，仅有二到七天，一般在三月到五月之间。