molting - EE Dictionary | EE Dictionary

molting.

/mohlt/US // moʊlt //UK // (məʊlt) //

蜕变,蜕皮,蜕化,蜕壳

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.verb · 无主动词

1.
- › to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.

v.verb · 有主动词

1.
- ›to cast or shed in the process of renewal.

n.noun · 名词

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

BORN THIS WEEK Natalie Portman (June 9, 1981) The molting one herself is a Gemini ruled by winged Mercury.
I could bear the cage myself, I'd learned to do that; but I didn't want another she‑bird molting around.
The molting season had not yet arrived, nor would she have shed all these feathers at the same moment.
The specimens were molting (3-4 P old) into winter plumage and showed little or no subcutaneous fat.
He thinks this seems to indicate that Loons lose the ability to fly during molting, as do the Anseres.
A certain melting and molten and molting lady had told him that he had poet's eyes like Julian Street's and was almost as witty.

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