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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We went into the drab old building.
  我们走进那栋单调乏味的古老建筑物。
• 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。
• How dull and drab the life is!
  生活是如此单调而乏味！
• Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.
  玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was very beautiful, blue, minus the sun would drab.
  天很漂亮，蓝蓝的，只是少了太阳就单调了。