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

• 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。
• Their lives seem so drab.
  他们的生活似乎很单调乏味。
• The walls were painted a drab green.
  墙被粉刷成了褐绿色。
• We went into the drab old building.
  我们走进那栋单调乏味的古老建筑物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab.
  指一种与草黄色类似的黄褐色。