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
- 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.- 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。
- Finches start to moult at around twelve weeks of age.
in AM, use 美国英语用 molt
英英释义
noun
- periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
verb
双语例句
- When do young swallows have their first moult?
雏燕在什么时候第一次换毛？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - If an austerity diet is given at the wrong time the birds will not pick up enough for their nuptial moult and your breeding will suffer.
如果一紧缩的饮食是由于在错误的时间，鸟不会拿起足够为他们婚后换羽和您的育种将蒙受损失。 - The Christmas Island red crabs moult their shells regularly during their early growth phases to match their increasing body size.
圣诞岛红蟹在生长的初期阶段定期脱壳来使之符合自己的身体大小。 - Diagnosing and Control of Moult of Clouded Leopard
云豹脱毛症的诊断与控制 - After they have begun to breed they may continue to moult.
它们在开始产仔之后可能会继续脱毛。 - "I did not moult from a hawk into a dove," says Mr Gates.
我可没有从鹰派蜕变成鸽派。 - These findings indicate that body moult does have an impact on the condition index and the fuel deposition.
这说明鸟类换羽对其状态指标和迁徙前的能量积累有一定影响。