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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
        1. lacking brightness or color
          1. drab faded curtains
          2. sober Puritan grey
          3. children in somber brown clothes
          Synonym:sobersombersombre
        2. 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

        • 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。
        • But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty now they're gone.
          可是没有了它们,这里的生活会变得更加单调和空虚。
        • 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。
        • Flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room.
          鲜花增加了单调的房间的愉快气氛。
        • But if your kitchen looks little drab, would you like to enter it?
          但是,如果您的厨房看土褐色的一点,您要不要进入它?
        • 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。
        • Don't wear blue tonight, it's too drab.
          今晚不要穿蓝色衣服,显得太单调。
        • 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。
        • Without me, nobody will ask you "where have you been?" maybe you will feel drab.
          如果没有我,以后再没有人问你:“你去了哪里?”也许你会觉得闷。