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

• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• The bird is in moult, and it may be the case that a lot of feathers have been lost from the underwing in one go, producing this white patch.
  这只鸟羽毛磨损，而且翼下的羽毛掉了很多，造成白色的区块。
• 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 moult of the Hai n a n Hill-Partridge
  海南山鹧鸪的换羽
• "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。
• 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。
• The catalytic oxidation ability of13 metal ion-exchanged montmorillonites are investigated in oxidative removal of the sulfides which are the main pollutant in the moult and alkali swell waste water.
  在氧化法去除含硫脱毛碱膨胀废水内主要污染物硫化物的过程中，考察了13种金属离子交换蒙脱石的催化氧化能力。
• When do young swallows have their first moult?
  雏燕在什么时候第一次换毛？