| 单词 | love call |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove call love call n. (a) a call or other expression of emotion used by one lover to another; (b) a cry or sound made by an animal during courtship or in order to attract a mate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > letter sent between lovers > call or note as means of amorous communication love call1600 love note1795 1600 Englands Helicon sig. I4 (title) Phillidaes Loue-call to her Coridon, and his replying. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 198 In less than two minutes Harriet heard the love-call sounded at Sally's gate. 1880 A. H. Swinton Insect Variety v. 209 A love-call that reproduces..the strutting, wing-drumming, and rustling of the males of the turkey and grouse at the pairing time. 1887 Athenæum 31 Dec. 901/3 He [sc. Mr. Rowbotham] disagrees with Darwin in finding the origin of all instrumental music in the love-call. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 645 Partly a challenge..it is also a love-call; and the male bird has a simple courtship ritual of strutting before his desired mate. 2002 New Scientist 15 June 32/1 In Panama, predatory bats home in on the night-time love calls of male tungara frogs. < as lemmas |
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