moult

英 [məʊlt] 美 [moʊlt]

• v. 脱毛；换羽毛；脱皮
• n. 脱毛；脱皮；换羽
• =molt(美).

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 脱皮
2. 脱换
3. 脱落
4. 蜕皮
5. 鸟或动物
6. 换羽
7. <喻>去掉
8. 换毛
9. 脱毛
10. 换羽毛

n. 名词

1. 脱皮
2. 脱换
3. 脱落
4. 蜕皮
5. 脱毛
6. 换羽期
7. 脱毛期
8. 换毛

英英释义

Noun:

1. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

Verb:

1. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;

   "our dog sheds every Spring"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Mature Christmas Island red crabs probably moult only once a year, as their growth rate slows.
   成年圣诞岛红蟹或许一年只蜕一次壳，因为它们生长缓慢。

用作名词 (n.)

1. As regards moult, I think it is very useful for adult Heuglin's Gull.
   至于换羽，我认为那是辨识灰林银鸥成鸟很有用的特徵。

经典引文

• August, with many birds in the moult.

  出自：Times

• A pellet of faecal matter is deposited at the larva-pupa moult.

  出自： R. F. Chapman

• Crabs are most vulnerable to attack when they molt.

  出自：Scientific American

• They begin to moult into adult colour at about five months old.

  出自：Cage Aviary Birds

• He was covered in strands of saffron-coloured fur. She had moulted all over him.

  出自： transf.

近反义词

【近义词】

• shed 除掉
• slough 泥坑
• cast 掷
• peel 果皮
• scale 刻度
• flake 薄片
• shell 壳
• molt 换毛
• exuviate 蜕(皮)
• molting 蜕皮
• ecdysis (动物)蜕皮
• moulting 换羽