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 see one world, but not a world drab in its uniformity but one enriched by its diversity.
  我看到一个大同世界，但不是单调的清一色世界，而是一个丰富的多样化的世界。
• The walls were painted a drab green.
  墙被粉刷成了褐绿色。
• 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？
• Life was now drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas.
  比起海外那种更富有刺激的生活方式来，现在的生活显得了无生气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their lives seem so drab.
  他们的生活似乎很单调乏味。
• 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。
• How dull and drab the life is!
  生活是如此单调而乏味！