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

• 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。
• 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。
• An attorney's life was drab compared with the riskier but more exciting career of a barrister.
  比起辩护律师更具风险但更激动人心的生涯来，诉状律师的生活就显得单调乏味了。
• The walls were painted a drab green.
  墙被粉刷成了褐绿色。
• 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。
• I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
  这件灰色的制服，我觉得没有光彩。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't wear blue tonight, it's too drab.
  今晚不要穿蓝色衣服，显得太单调。