molt
molt 英 [məʊlt] 美 [molt]
vi. 脱毛；换毛 n. 换毛；脱皮；换毛期 vt. 脱毛；换毛
进行时:molting 过去式:molted 过去分词:molted 第三人称单数:molts 名词复数:molts
- When an animal molts, it loses its feathers, fur, skin or maybe even outer skeleton. People don't molt, but plenty of animals do as a normal part of their life cycle.
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- vi. 脱毛；换毛
- n. 换毛；脱皮；换毛期
- vt. 脱毛；换毛
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1. Small birds molt once or twice a year, and they replace their 9 or 10 primary flight feathers a few at a time over the course of a few weeks.
小型鸟类一年进行一到两次换羽，在换羽期间，它们一次会替换掉9到10根左右的飞羽，而这个过程将持续几周时间。
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2. So what if you want to fly? University of Washington scientists say it depends on how fast you can replace your flight feathers when you molt.
那么，你如果想飞，你的体重该保持在什么水平上呢？ 华盛顿大学的科学家们说，这取决于你在换羽期间更换飞羽的速度。
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3. He said emperor penguins can spend months at a time in the ocean, coming ashore only to molt or rest, but did not know what might have caused this particular one to become disoriented.
他说帝王企鹅能在海水里生活几个月，只有在换毛和休息的时候才上岸，但是现在人们还不知道这只企鹅是怎么迷路的。
- molt (v.) also moult, mid-14c., mouten, of feathers, "to be shed," from Old English *mutian "to change" (in bemutian "to exchange"), from Latin mutare "to change" (from PIE root *mei- (1) "to change"). Transitive sense, of birds, "to shed feathers" is first attested 1520s. With unetymological -l-, late 16c., on model of fault, etc. Related: Molted, moulted; molting, moulting. As a noun from 1815.
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