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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
        1. lacking brightness or color
          1. drab faded curtains
          2. sober Puritan grey
          3. children in somber brown clothes
          Synonym:sobersombersombre
        2. 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 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。
        • 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。
        • Don't wear blue tonight, it's too drab.
          今晚不要穿蓝色衣服,显得太单调。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • We went into the drab old building.
          我们走进那栋单调乏味的古老建筑物。
        • Their lives seem so drab.
          他们的生活似乎很单调乏味。
        • 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。
        • I do not think it is dull or drab.
          我不认为是阴暗单调的。
        • But if your kitchen looks little drab, would you like to enter it?
          但是,如果您的厨房看土褐色的一点,您要不要进入它?