moulting
present participle ofmoult
| 单词 | moulting |
| 释义 | moulting present participle ofmoult moult verb[I] UK(USmolt)uk/məʊlt/us/moʊlt/(of abirdoranimal) tolosefeathers,skin, orhairas anaturalprocessat aparticulartimeofyearso that newfeathers,skin, orhaircangrow Animal (non-human) behaviour
Examplesofmoultingmoulting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. On primary exposure they observed an inflammatory reaction provoked by developing larvae, their excretory/secretory products and sheaths left behind aftermoulting. From theCambridge English Corpus This indicates that cold temperatures act as an inhibitor by which larvae are held back at amoultingbarrier. From theCambridge English Corpus Variations in extent of lectin binding within populations may be related tomoulting. From theCambridge English Corpus Other changes in the culture medium resulted in reducedmoultingand survival times compared with the pepsin-added media. From theCambridge English Corpus Note that allmoultingand oviposition periods of the main cohorts are in summer. From theCambridge English Corpus The terminal parts of these sensory structures were shed atmoulting. From theCambridge English Corpus Occasionally, larvae were found in the process of or having just completedmoulting. From theCambridge English Corpus Feeding was suspended when larvae showedmoultingbehaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus We did not observe behaviour associated withmoultingat the end of either stage. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of days after birth on which mortality,moultingto each immature instar, adult moult, and birth of first offspring occurred were recorded. From theCambridge English Corpus Physiological disturbances, such as incompletemoultingand metamorphosis, were variable in the two periods studied. From theCambridge English Corpus Some elephant seals also occur on the island outside the breeding/moultingperiod but excreta production at that period has not been measured. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast to interstadial transmission, in which a tickmoultingperiod is needed, interrupted feeding enables rapid viral transmission to the second host. From theCambridge English Corpus These factors included rainfall, predators (vespid wasps), parasitoids, pathogens and physiological factors (observed as incompletemoultingand malformation). From theCambridge English Corpus Moultingallows nematodes to adapt to their parasitic mode of life. 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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