drab

英 [dræb]

美 [dræb]

adj.  单调乏味的; 无光彩的; 无生气的

复数：drabs　比较级：drabber　最高级：drabbest　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11332 / COCA.15038

牛津词典

adj.

• 单调乏味的；无光彩的；无生气的
  without interest or colour; dull and boring
  1. a cold drab little office
     冷冰冰的小办公室
  2. drab women, dressed in browns and greys
     身着棕灰二色衣服毫无光彩的女人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 单调乏味的;缺乏生气的
  If you describe something asdrab, you think that it is dull and boring to look at or experience.
  1. Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.
     玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。
  2. ...his drab little office...
     他死气沉沉的小办公室
  3. The rest of the day's activities often seemed drab or depressing.
     一天的剩余时光好像常常是乏味或令人沮丧的。
• See also:dribs and drabs

英英释义

noun

• a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
  Synonym:olive drab

adj

• causing dejection
  1. a blue day
  2. the dark days of the war
  3. a week of rainy depressing weather
  4. a disconsolate winter landscape
  5. the first dismal dispiriting days of November
  6. a dark gloomy day
  7. grim rainy weather
  Synonym:bluedarkdingydisconsolatedismalgloomygrimsorrydreardreary
• of a light brownish green color
  Synonym:olive-drab
• lacking brightness or color
  1. drab faded curtains
  2. sober Puritan grey
  3. children in somber brown clothes
  Synonym:sobersombersombre
• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  1. her drab personality
  2. life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
  3. a series of dreary dinner parties
  Synonym:dreary

双语例句

• It was very beautiful, blue, minus the sun would drab.
  天很漂亮，蓝蓝的，只是少了太阳就单调了。
• Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab.
  指一种与草黄色类似的黄褐色。
• The train moved slowly south through flat, drab mainline scenery.
  火车穿过干线两侧风景单调乏味的地区，缓缓地向南驶去。
• I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
  这件灰色的制服，我觉得没有光彩。
• It was like a beautiful bird flapped into our drab cage, and made those walls dissolve away.
  就像一只美丽的鸟儿，振翅飞离了禁锢它的藩篱，溶化了那些高墙。
• The phosphorus fertilizer and farmyard manure had the best effects on maize yield in Drab Fluvo-aquic soil.
  相关分析表明，在褐潮土上增施磷肥和有机肥对提高玉米产量具有重要的作用。
• An attorney's life was drab compared with the riskier but more exciting career of a barrister.
  比起辩护律师更具风险但更激动人心的生涯来，诉状律师的生活就显得单调乏味了。
• How dull and drab the life is!
  生活是如此单调而乏味！
• Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.
  玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。
• Boston's traditional drab brick was slow to yield to the modern glass palaces of so many American urban areas.
  波士顿传统而单调的砖石建筑并没有迅速被许多美国城市地区流行的现代玻璃大厦所取代。