molt
verb (US English)(British English moult)
- [intransitive, transitive]
(of a bird or an animal )鸟或兽 to lose feathers or hair before new feathers or hair grow 换羽;蜕毛 The adult birds were already molting. 成年鸟已经在蜕皮了。 - molt something
The female hornbill molts her beautiful feathers. 雌性犀鸟蜕去美丽的羽毛。
- [intransitive] (of feathers or hair)
to fall out before new feathers or hair grow 换羽;蜕毛 The last of his juvenile plumage had molted. 他幼年羽毛的最后一片已经蜕皮。