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

• Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.
  玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。
• We went into the drab old building.
  我们走进那栋单调乏味的古老建筑物。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was like a beautiful bird flapped into our drab cage.
  如一只美丽的小鸟，飞进了这灰色的鸟笼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 walls were painted a drab green.
  墙被粉刷成了褐绿色。