any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
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It's hard to find a bird with a more complex and energetic courtship behavior than the bowerbird. 园丁鸟的求偶行为在鸟类 中是最复杂、最有活力的。
Brainy male birds have more luck with females than do their less-intelligent counterparts, according to a study of the Australian bowerbird. 据对澳大利亚园丁鸟的研究发现,与智商较低的竞争者相比,聪明的雄鸟得到更多的艳遇机会。
As he says, vocabularies of both sides, justicatory vocabularies included, are on the same footing with “the anteater's snout or the bowerbird's skill at weaving. 他反问我,你认为我们到底采纳实用主义还是交互超越主义,对社会历史的进程会有什么影响吗?
As he says, vocabularies of both sides, justicatory vocabularies included, are on the same footing with “the anteater‘s snout or the bowerbird‘s skill at weaving. 真正影响社会进程的,是经济活动本身、社会政治力量内部张力导致的动态平衡、等等,而不是哲学家及其他人文学者们的话语。如果我们要想成为政治活动家,根本无须谈论哲学。
Our reverence for these objects might seem as bizarre to him as the behaviour of the male bowerbird (which decorates its nest with shiny objects to attract a mate) seems to us. 我们对这些东西顶礼膜拜,而在他看来也许离奇怪异。正如我们不理解雄性造园鸟的行为一样(雄性造园鸟把自己的窝装饰得金碧辉煌以招引伴侣)。
large bowerbird of northern Australia. 澳大利亚北部大型的缎光园丁鸟。