molt
英[məʊlt]
美[molt]
- vi. 脱毛；换毛
- n. 换毛；脱皮；换毛期
- vt. 脱毛；换毛
- n. (Molt)人名；(德、捷)莫尔特
词态变化
第三人称单数: molts;过去式: molted;过去分词: molted;现在分词: molting;
助记提示
molt(毛脱) 脱毛
中文词源
molt 蜕羽，换毛
来自拉丁语mutare,改变，词源同mutate,mutable.后引申词义换羽，插入字母l可能是缓和语音需要，或受到mold,fault等词的影响。
英文词源
- 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" (see mutable). Transitive sense, of birds, "to shed feathers" is first attested 1520s. With parasitic -l-, late 16c., on model of fault, etc. Related: Molted, moulted; molting, moulting. As a noun from 1815.
双语例句
- 1. Molt - inhibiting hormone ( MIH ) is a member of CHH ( crustacean hyperglycemic hormone ) family.
- 蜕皮抑制激素 ( molt -inhibitinghormone, MIH ) 属甲壳动物高血糖激素 ( crustaceanhyperglycemichormone,CHH ) 家族.
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- 2. Finches start to molt 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。
来自辞典例句
- 3. This veterinary product is very effective in preventing animal molt.
- 这种兽药对于防治兽类掉毛很有效.
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- 4. Like all crustaceans, krill must molt in order to grow.
- 象所有甲壳纲, 磷虾必须蜕变为了增长.
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- 5. They molt carapaces , I molt old body.
- 他们换壳, 我换身体.
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