| 单词 | in the moult |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the moult 2. In a bird: the action or an act of shedding feathers in the process of changing plumage. in the moult: in a condition of moulting; (figurative) in a melancholy or sorry state (English regional). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > moulting moulting?a1425 mewinga1475 moultering1697 moult1819 1819 Sporting Mag. 4 247 Those we have just seen are at present in the moult, and on account of their passage are in poor condition. 1865 B. Brierley Irkdale I. vi. 93 As mopin' as an owd hen i' th' meawt. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 44 Before the Larks leave Northern Dakota..they go into moult. 1891 J. Baron Blegburn Dickshonary 44 at Meawt Them young chaps as is i' th' meawt through being crossed i' love. 1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. I. 5 The young birds retain their feathered face after their first moult. 1920 A. Dodds Songs of Fields 16 Dowff's a hen, that's in the mou't. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 535 One of the tanagers..underwent a belated moult into the green winter plumage. 1955 Times 8 Sept. 10/7 This is August, with many birds still in the moult. 1993 Equinox Aug. 69/1 The female..begins her moult just prior to her eggs' hatching, leaving her flightless for a month or longer. < as lemmas |
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