drab

美[dræb] 英[dræb]

adj. 土褐色的；单调的；乏味的

n. 邋遢女人；娼妓；少量

副词：drably 比较级：drabber 最高级：drabbest 名词：drabness 过去式：drabbed 过去分词：drabbed 现在分词：drabbing 第三人称单数：drabs

近义词：dull，lifeless，unattractive，flat，dreary，sombre，dingy，gloomy，somber，uninteresting，unexciting，monotonous，boring，dowdy，grey，cheerless，plain，gray，grim，olive-drab，drear，olivedrab，blue，sorry，disconsolate，dismal，sober，dark，

英英释义

Noun

a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

Adjective

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
"her drab personality" "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas" "a series of dreary dinner parties"
lacking brightness or color; dull;
"drab faded curtains" "sober Puritan grey" "children in somber brown clothes"
of a light brownish green color
causing dejection;
"a blue day" "the dark days of the war" "a week of rainy depressing weather" "a disconsolate winter landscape" "the first dismal dispiriting days of November" "a dark gloomy day" "grim rainy weather"

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用作形容词(adj.)

There are many drab houses in the smoky mining town.冒烟的矿内有许多土褐色的房子。
The female is generally drab, the male per contra brilliant.一般来说雌性是黄褐色的，而雄性是色彩鲜明的。
The landscape is drab and infested with brick ovens.景色单调，惟见砖窑遍布。
The life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab.如果一个人的一生什么事情都没有做是多么迟钝和单调。

用作名词(n.)

She pay me in drib and drab, not all at once.她零零星星地付给我钱，而不是一次付清。

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