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
- 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 - Metabolic 'switching off'; Forced Moult of Laying Hen
代谢的‘关闭’；蛋鸡的强制换羽 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 moult of the Hai n a n Hill-Partridge
海南山鹧鸪的换羽 - 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。 - 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。