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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Under the new laws, tobacco products will be sold in dark brown, drab packaging from mid-2012.
  根据这项新法，从2012年年中开始，烟草产品将以土褐色的包装出售。
• How dull and drab the life is!
  生活是如此单调而乏味！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。