| 单词 | moulting |
| 释义 | moulting (once / 21608 pages) n WORD FAMILY moulting: moultings+/moult: moulted, moulter, moulting, moults USAGE EXAMPLESThe exact reason for the behaviour is not known, but scientists speculate it is most likely to do with the process of moulting. BBC(Jun 17, 2016) Early moulting in 2012 caused a glut in lobsters and a drop in prices. Economist(Feb 11, 2016) Reviewers said his portrayal of the British landscape painter was "part Michelangelo, part Toad of Toad Hall" and likened him to "a moulting, phlegmy Gruffalo". BBC(Jul 14, 2015) n periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles Syn|Hyper ecdysis, molt, molting, moult shedding, sloughing the process whereby something is shed |
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