| 词汇 | beta-male |
| 释义 | beta male noun[ C ] uk /ˈbiː.tə ˌmeɪl/ us /ˈbeɪ.t̬ə ˌmeɪl/ a man who is not as successful or powerful as other men不如别的男性成功或强大的男人 Compare alpha male Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder fray around/at the edgesidiom mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant Examples of beta malebeta male However, in trios, the female and alpha male invest more care in chicks than does the betamale. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In some species of birds, males pair up in twos when courting, the betamale aiding the alpha male. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Common chimpanzees have an omnivorous diet that includes troop hunting behaviour based on beta males being led by an alpha male. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Females can spawn eggs in deeper crests, allowing beta males to fertilize some of the clutch without being harassed by the alpha male. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is only ever one alpha male, but, depending on species, there may be one or two beta males. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Pay-to-stay occurs when beta males help alpha males and females in order to be allowed to stay in the nesting site. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Also, beta males will continue to help the nest even when a new alpha male takes over the site to avoid being evicted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, in some cases, females can be the largest, followed by the alpha male, and then beta males. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, this hypothesis has not yet been supported due to a lack of observation regarding alpha males punishing beta males for not caring for the offspring. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Females can potentially direct the paternity of dominant, or alpha males and subordinate, or beta males by techniques such as cryptic female choice and sneaky copulation with subordinate males. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Beta males are sometimes sub-adults - easily recognized, as their plumage retain female-like characters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Females can use their body size and wedge-shaped crests as copulation sites to direct male paternity when both alpha and beta males are present. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This demonstrates that females might use the crevices as a strategy to attract both alpha and beta males to the nest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In territories in which females are able to escape from males, both the alpha and beta males share provisioning equally. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The beta males remain in close proximity as well guarding the nesting territory from intruders or potential predators, such as rival males, or snakes and mongooses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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