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

• 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。
• How dull and drab the life is!
  生活是如此单调而乏味！
• The walls were painted a drab green.
  墙被粉刷成了褐绿色。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their lives seem so drab.
  他们的生活似乎很单调乏味。
• Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab.
  指一种与草黄色类似的黄褐色。
• Under the new laws, tobacco products will be sold in dark brown, drab packaging from mid-2012.
  根据这项新法，从2012年年中开始，烟草产品将以土褐色的包装出售。
• All the drab houses of the mining town collapsed after the earthquake.
  地震之后矿区的单调简陋的房屋全部坍塌了。