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molt

/mohlt/US // moʊlt //UK // (məʊlt) //

蜕变,蜕皮,蜕壳,蜕

Related Words

exuviate蜕化,蜕变,蜕壳,脱壳decorticate脱皮,脱皮的,脱帽,脱皮层peel剥皮,剥落,剥离,去皮slough滑坡,沼泽地,蜕皮,沼泽doff放下,脱掉,放弃,脱掉衣服cast off甩掉,甩掉了,抛弃,丢掉pull off拉掉,拔掉,拉走,拉开take off脱离,脱下,脱掉

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cast or shed in the process of renewal.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act, process, or an instance of molting.
    • : something that is dropped in molting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
decorticate脱皮,脱皮的,脱帽,脱皮层doff放下,脱掉,放弃,脱掉衣服exuviate蜕化,蜕变,蜕壳,脱壳peel剥皮,剥落,剥离,去皮slough滑坡,沼泽地,蜕皮,沼泽cast off甩掉,甩掉了,抛弃,丢掉pull off拉掉,拔掉,拉走,拉开take off脱离,脱下,脱掉

Examples

  • Fortunately they are in the same pelage and same stage of molt on the hind legs.

  • From Thayers note-book of 1857: Circumstance related to me by the son of Mr. Molt.

  • Our specimen had nearly finished with molt and feather growth into adult winter plumage.

  • The remaining two adult skins in our series are three-quarters through the molt and are for the most part in fresh winter feather.

  • The males at this period among most Ducks deserting their mate to undergo the partial molt before mentioned.

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