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
- Metabolic 'switching off'; Forced Moult of Laying Hen
代谢的‘关闭’；蛋鸡的强制换羽 - Studies were performed on the measurement of the sperm quality in Finnish giant blue foxes and the effect of exogenous melatonin ( MLT) on the seasonal reproduction and moult in silver fox.
在2002年6月&2003年于山东省潍坊市大正养狐场进行了引进芬兰狐精液品质的测定和外源褪黑激素对狐季节性繁殖及换毛等影响的研究。 - 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。 - 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。 - Diagnosing and Control of Moult of Clouded Leopard
云豹脱毛症的诊断与控制 - When do young swallows have their first moult?
雏燕在什么时候第一次换毛？ - 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。 - "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 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。 - 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。