她常常像其他鲤鱼那样继续徘徊潜伏，撩拨泥水聊作掩护，鳞鳞如羽，顾盼生姿。

Often she continued to lurk, roiling the mud to conceal herself and basking in her own scaled beauty, as carp will.

比如发情的雌马，尽管它会热情地撩拨和刺激公马，但在那个精确时刻到来前——也就是卵子到达受孕位置之前，它绝不会让公马近身。

With horses for example, the female on heat teases and excites the male but won't let him mount until the exact second when the egg is in the right position for fertilisation.