moult

英 [məʊlt]

美 [moʊlt]

v.  换羽; 蜕毛

现在分词：moulting　复数：moults　第三人称单数：moults　过去分词：moulted　过去式：moulted　

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牛津词典

verb

• 换羽；蜕毛
  to lose feathers or hair before new feathers or hair grow

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 molt


• VERB 脱毛;蜕皮;换羽
  When an animal or birdmoults, it gradually loses its coat or feathers so that a new coat or feathers can grow.
  1. Finches start to moult at around twelve weeks of age.
     燕雀大约在12个星期大小的时候开始换羽毛。

英英释义

noun

• periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
  Synonym:moltmoltingmoultingecdysis

verb

• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  1. our dog sheds every Spring
  Synonym:shedmoltexuviateslough

双语例句

• They also moult more or less continuously from juvenile through to adult plumage, so can be very variable at any time "in between".
  而且它们从幼鸟一直到成鸟持续地在进行换羽，所以我们看到的很可能是介于两种羽色之间的过渡阶段。
• In the fall the loon ( Colymbus glacialis) came, as usual, to moult and bathe in the pond, making the woods ring with his wild laughter before I had risen.
  秋天里，潜水鸟（Colymbusglaclalis）像往常一样来了，在湖里脱毛并且洗澡，我还没有起身，森林里已响起了它的狂放的笑声。
• Diagnosing and Control of Moult of Clouded Leopard
  云豹脱毛症的诊断与控制
• This study provided a theory basis to affirm the existence of the Hainan Hill-Partridge in the forests by finding their fallen feathers in moult season.
  为野外在换羽期利用脱羽确认本种鸟类的存在提供了理论依据。
• When do young swallows have their first moult?
  雏燕在什么时候第一次换毛？
• Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on Fox 'Seasonal Propagation and Moult and Studied on Introduced Finnish Giant Blue Fox' Seminal Quality
  外源褪黑激素对狐季节性繁殖与冬毛生长的影响及引进芬兰狐精液品质的研究
• Metabolic 'switching off'; Forced Moult of Laying Hen
  代谢的‘关闭’；蛋鸡的强制换羽
• The moult of the Hai n a n Hill-Partridge
  海南山鹧鸪的换羽
• Finches start to moult at around twelve weeks of age.
  燕雀大约在12个星期大小的时候开始换羽毛。
• A primary lumen appeared in the intestine. The second moult occured in the liver of mice on the 18th day after infection.
  小鼠于感染后第18天幼虫在其肝内进行第二次蜕皮。