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
- 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。 - Cherry Valley SM2 parent stock flock consisted of 3 122 ducks of the same age was divided into four groups, which were forced to moult by two methods at 60 weeks and 66 weeks respectively.
将同批3122只肉用型樱桃谷父母代种鸭分4组，于60周龄和66周龄分别都采用2种方法进行强制换羽。 - 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。 - Metabolic 'switching off'; Forced Moult of Laying Hen
代谢的‘关闭’；蛋鸡的强制换羽 - "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。 - The moult of the Hai n a n Hill-Partridge
海南山鹧鸪的换羽 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。