molt
verb/məʊlt/
/məʊlt/
(US English) (British English moult)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they molt | /məʊlt/ /məʊlt/ |
| present simple I / you / we / they molts | /məʊlts/ /məʊlts/ |
| past simple molted | /ˈməʊltɪd/ /ˈməʊltɪd/ |
| -ing form molting | /ˈməʊltɪŋ/ /ˈməʊltɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of a bird or an animal) to lose feathers or hair before new feathers or hair grow
换羽；蜕毛 - The adult birds were already molting.
成年鸟已经开始换毛了。 - molt something The female hornbill molts her beautiful feathers.
雌性犀鸟正在换掉美丽的羽毛。
- The adult birds were already molting.
- [intransitive] (of feathers or hair) to fall out before new feathers or hair grow
褪去；蜕掉 - The last of his juvenile plumage had molted.
他最后的幼年羽毛已经蜕掉。
- The last of his juvenile plumage had molted.