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

• 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。
• 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。
• Diagnosing and Control of Moult of Clouded Leopard
  云豹脱毛症的诊断与控制
• 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。
• "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。
• Metabolic 'switching off'; Forced Moult of Laying Hen
  代谢的‘关闭’；蛋鸡的强制换羽
• 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。