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

• 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。
• 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。
• Don't wear blue tonight, it's too drab.
  今晚不要穿蓝色衣服，显得太单调。
• I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
  这件灰色的制服，我觉得没有光彩。
• Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.
  玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。
• I do not think it is dull or drab.
  我不认为是阴暗单调的。
• We went into the drab old building.
  我们走进那栋单调乏味的古老建筑物。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。