drab

drab音标

英 [dræb]

美 [dræb]

drab基本释义

adj.土褐色的；单调的；乏味的

n.邋遢女人；娼妓；少量

drab用法及例句

noun

1. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

Synonym: olive drab

adj

1. causing dejection

e.g. a blue daythe dark days of the wara week of rainy depressing weathera disconsolate winter landscapethe first dismal dispiriting days of Novembera dark gloomy daygrim rainy weather

Synonym: bluedarkdingydisconsolatedismalgloomygrimsorrydreardreary

2. of a light brownish green color

Synonym: olive-drab

3. lacking brightness or colordull

e.g. drab faded curtainssober Puritan greychildren in somber brown clothes

Synonym: sobersombersombre

4. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

e.g. her drab personalitylife was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseasa series of dreary dinner parties

Synonym: dreary

1. 单调乏味的;缺乏生气的If you describe something as drab, you think that it is dull and boring to look at or experience.

e.g. Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。e.g. ...his drab little office...他死气沉沉的小办公室

2. see also: dribs and drabs

1. 黄褐：紫褐 puce | 黄褐 drab; fulvouos;cinnamon;ocher;tawny;russet brown | 栗褐 chestnut brown

2. drab的近义词

2. 土褐色：dove 鸽子;乳白色 | drab 土褐色 | dry rose 浅紫色

3. 土褐色的：Dr. 博士 | drab 土褐色的 | drabbet 亚麻布

4. 原色厚斜纹布：Dozine 多果定 | drab 原色厚斜纹布 | draba nemorosa linnei 葶苈子

He was so handsome that Francie felt like a dark drab alongside of him.

出自：Betty Smith

Woe to white gowns! Woe to black! Drab was your only wear.

出自：M. R. Mitford

近义词

临近词

disconsolate忧郁的

unexciting不令人兴奋的...

cheerless沉闷的

olive drab草绿色

dreary沉闷的

uninteresting无趣味的

sombre昏暗的

boring令人厌烦的

gloomy阴暗的

grim严厉的

unattractive无魅力的

monotonous单调的

drear阴沉的

flat平坦的

somber微暗的

dowdy过时的

dark黑暗的

blue蓝色的

sorry对不起的

plain清楚的

dismal阴沉的

gray灰色的

dingy肮脏的

olive-drab深绿褐色的

lifeless无生命的

grey灰色的

sober清醒的

dull呆滞的

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相关列句

Italians are probably the best at wearing color — you would be hard pressed to see people there wearing dark, drab colors.(意大利人在衣服颜色的选择方面是*出众的，你可能不会看到任何一个意大利人穿黑色或者土褐色的衣服。)

The canal's drab green water rolled along beside us, offering sharp relief to the open desert beyond.(在这片空旷无垠的沙漠上，运河那单调的绿波在我们身边翻腾，给我们带来了莫大的宽慰。)

Hotel bands were replaced with drab synthesisers.(之后，酒店里的乐团便消失了，取而代之的是合成器中单调乏味的音乐。)

But it makes a change from the usual drab meeting rooms.(但它仍然改变了以往单调的会议形式。)

The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an otherwise drab city.(运动会的装饰为这个平时乏味的城市增添了几抹色彩。)

Just two decades ago, shops had surly staff offering a few drab items, often locked safely away in glass cases.(就在20年前，商店里还满是蛮横的员工，仅提供少数单调的商品，而且还通常远离顾客的安全地锁在玻璃橱柜里。)

"It used to be dark and drab in here," Waters says.(“以前这里昏暗单调，”Waters说。)

Dinosaur fossils are mostly drab collections of mineralized bones.(绝大多数恐龙化石都只是些土褐色的石化的骨头。)

In the world's temperate zones, where drab plumage is the norm, this kingfisher, unlike its North American cousins, bedazzles.(在温带，通常的鸟类羽毛都是灰褐色的，而翠鸟不同于它的那些北美亲属，它美得让人眼花缭乱。)

What do you find to attract you in this poor drab little country?(这个贫穷、单调的小地方，有什么吸引你们的地方？)