- a patch of ground used for communal display in the breeding season by the males of certain birds and mammals, especially black grouse. Each male defends a small territory in order to attract females for mating.求偶地（某些雄性鸟类和哺乳动物, 如黑琴鸡等, 在繁殖期炫耀求偶时所占据的场地）。
no obj.［usu. as adj. lekking］
- take part in such a display炫耀求偶：
antelopes mate in lekking grounds.
羚羊在求偶地交配。
词源
late 19th cent.: perhaps from Swedish leka 'to play'.