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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. t.
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, n.
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,
etc.; molting.
Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or
{Moulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE.
mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf. {Mute}, v. t.]
[The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, {moult}; but as the {u}
has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the
analogy by the spelling {molt}.]
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like,
as an animal or a bird. --Bacon.
Moult \Moult\ (m[=o]lt), v. & n.
See {Molt}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
moult
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn: {molt}, {molting}, {moulting}, {ecdysis}]
v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
Spring" [syn: {shed}, {molt}, {exuviate}, {slough}]