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drab

英 [dræb] 美[dræb]
  • adj. 单调的;土褐色的
  • n. 浅褐色;无生气;邋遢;小额
  • vt. 使无生气
  • vi. 嫖妓
  • n. (Drab)人名;(匈)德劳布;(法)德拉布

英英释意


1. 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"
2. lacking brightness or color; dull;
"drab faded curtains"
"sober Puritan gray"
"children in somber brown clothes"
3. depressing in character or appearance;
"drove through dingy streets"
"the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens
"drab old buildings"
"a dreary mining town"
"gloomy tenements"
"sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

双语例句


1. The rest of the day'sactivities 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. In the Middle Ages the term "drab" denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes.
中世纪时,drab(“本色布”)一词指的是一种农民用来制衣的非常普通的羊毛织物。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.
玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The city, drab and dour by day, is transformed at night.
这座城市白天死气沉沉、单调乏味,晚上就完全变了样。

来自《权威词典》

5. a cold drab little office
冷冰冰的小办公室

来自《权威词典》