moults

英 [məʊlts]

美 [moʊlts]

v.  换羽; 蜕毛
moult的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 molt


• VERB 脱毛;蜕皮;换羽
  When an animal or birdmoults, it gradually loses its coat or feathers so that a new coat or feathers can grow.
  1. Finches start to moult at around twelve weeks of age.
     燕雀大约在12个星期大小的时候开始换羽毛。

双语例句

• The nymph stage is 17 days with 4 moults.
  若虫期17天，脱皮4次；
• It moults about 8 times from the nymph to the adult.
  自若虫至成虫约经8次脱皮；
• At 28 ℃, the nematodes completed 3 moults 27 days after inoculation ( DAI) and stopped growing, thus died finally.
  南方根结线虫在龙溪8号香蕉离体苗根内发育缓慢，在28±1℃下，接种后27d完成了3次蜕皮并停止生长而最终死亡。