exuviate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/|/ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/    美 /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/|/ɛɡˈzuː.vɪ.eɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult). ambitransitive,rare
    — Like any arthropod encased in a rigid exoskeleton, a trilobite must periodically moult, or exuviate, in order to grow.

词形变化

exuviates present,singular,third-person exuviating participle,present exuviated participle,past exuviated past

词源

From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”).
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