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

• I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
  这件灰色的制服，我觉得没有光彩。
• The walls were painted a drab green.
  墙被粉刷成了褐绿色。
• Don't wear blue tonight, it's too drab.
  今晚不要穿蓝色衣服，显得太单调。
• We went into the drab old building.
  我们走进那栋单调乏味的古老建筑物。
• Midday sun streamed into the drab little room which gave it a sudden cheerfulness.
  中午的阳光射入这间毫无生气的小屋，突然给了它一种快乐的气氛。
• The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an otherwise drab city.
  为运动会所作的装扮给原本毫无生气的城市增添了一抹亮色。
• 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。
• The E71 also attacks the drab, plastic looks of its predecessors with chrome accents and a glossy screen.
  该e71还攻击褐土，塑胶期待其前任与铬的口音和光泽屏幕上。
• Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab.
  指一种与草黄色类似的黄褐色。
• 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。