| 单词 | moult |
| 释义 | moult verb[I] UK(USmolt)uk/məʊlt/us/moʊlt/(of abirdoranimal) tolosefeathers,skin, orhairas anaturalprocessat aparticulartimeofyearso that newfeathers,skin, orhaircangrow （鸟或动物）脱毛；褪皮；换羽Animal (non-human) behaviour
Examplesofmoultmoult The first instar larva moults and the second instar larva continues moving within the host-plant stem. From theCambridge English Corpus In 1997 and 1998, 6 and 12 newly moulted fourth instar larvae respectively were ascribed to a specific temperature and type of leaf. From theCambridge English Corpus The newly moulted individuals were recognized by their size and the presence of exuviae. From theCambridge English Corpus To determine the actual fertility, for several seasons newly moulted males and females were kept until their death in outside wire cages. From theCambridge English Corpus The second stadium lasted for 2-3 days, after which they moulted (9 days post-oviposition). From theCambridge English Corpus The larvae in the fish moulted to fourth-stage larvae. From theCambridge English Corpus On primary exposure they observed an inflammatory reaction provoked by developing larvae, their excretory/secretory products and sheaths left behind after moulting. From theCambridge English Corpus Feeding was suspended when larvae showed moulting behaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus Variations in extent of lectin binding within populations may be related to moulting. From theCambridge English Corpus Larval performance was studied by following larvae enclosed in cages from newly moulted second instars to third instars in the field. From theCambridge English Corpus The parasitoid larva stays at its second instar until the host reaches its final instar, and just then moults to its final instar. From theCambridge English Corpus Every individual larva that survived to the end of the experiment had moulted to the third instar. From theCambridge English Corpus A few begin to display some slight irregularity in growth, but the great majority moulted within seven to eight days, averaging seven days. From theCambridge English Corpus The adult stage is reached on the 11th day after three moults occurring about every fourth day. From theCambridge English Corpus The second instar larvae exposed to young plants had moulted to third instar by t3 (table 2). From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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