单词 | moult |
释义 | moult From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Animals Birdsmoultmoult British English, molt American English /məʊlt $ moʊlt/ verb [intransitive]HBBHBAwhen a bird or animal moults, it loses feathers or hair so that new ones can grow —moult noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmoult• By August the male will have begun to moult and will become almost indistinguishable from the female.• The dragonfly nymphs may take up to 2 years before they moult into the adult form.• No, he had been moulting, like a bird.• You can not but feel that Aisling O'Sullivan, moulting magnificently like a sick eagle, is having a high old time.• As they grow they moult several times.• One day she carried a tall moulting sunflower into the Staff Room.• Periodically, they moult their thin transparent skins, changing shape as they do so.• The larva moults to give rise to the four-legged nymph, which, after five more days, becomes the adult mite. |
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