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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The walls were painted a drab green.
  墙被粉刷成了褐绿色。
• 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。
• 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。
• Love life for the unattached would be low on activity and drab at times.
  单身的爱的生活将是低活性和单调的。
• 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。
• Are you drab without me? it will be so drab. so, you need treat me better.
  没有我你闷不闷？一定会闷坏你。所以，你要对我好一点。
• I do not think it is dull or drab.
  我不认为是阴暗单调的。