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drab

美 [dræb]英 [dræb]
  • adj.单调;无生气的;无光彩的
  • n.单调;淡褐色;邋遢女人;淡褐色厚呢

最高级: drabbest 比较级: drabber 派生词: drabness n.

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adj.

【不规则形式】drabber drabbest

单调乏味的;无光彩的;无生气的
without interest or colour; dull and boring

a cold drab little office

冷冰冰的小办公室

drab women, dressed in browns and greys

身着棕灰二色衣服毫无光彩的女人

drab

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 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.

    Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.

    玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。

  • ...the dusty drabness of nearby villages.

    附近灰尘弥漫、毫无生气的村庄

  • 3
    See also:dribs and drabs

noun

1
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
Synonym: olive drab

adj

1
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
Synonym: blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal gloomy grim sorry drear dreary
2
of a light brownish green color
Synonym: olive-drab
3
lacking brightness or color;dull
drab faded curtains
sober Puritan grey
children in somber brown clothes
Synonym: sober somber sombre
4
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
Synonym: dreary

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  1. 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。

  2. Life can gain leisure life , poor quality , guest , drab , cannot balancing family .

    一辈子,无法获得休闲,生活品质不佳,看客人脸色,单调,无法兼顾家庭。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress .

    玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。

  6. Boston 's traditional drab brick was slow to yield to the modern glass palaces of so many American urban areas .

    波士顿传统而单调的砖石建筑并没有迅速被许多美国城市地区流行的现代玻璃大厦所取代。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. Then Beijing was a gray , drab , one-horse town where the main means of transportation was the bicycle .

    Theyoftentalkhorsewhentheyarefree.他们有空时常常在一起吹牛。4one-horsetown落后的小地方。那时的北京是一个灰色、乏味、设施简陋的城市,主要交通工具是自行车。

  10. Then Beijing was a gray , drab , one-horse town where the main means2 of transportation3 was the bicycle .

    6.one-horsetown落后的小地方那时的北京是一个灰色、乏味、设施简陋的城市,主要交通工具是自行车。

  11. The soil underneath is mainly brown forest soil and drab soil .

    林下发育的土壤主要是棕色森林土和褐色土。

  12. He found himself in the drab surroundings of yet another government building .

    他发现自己来到又一个死气沉沉的政府大楼里。

  13. Life was now drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas .

    比起海外那种更富有刺激的生活方式来,现在的生活显得了无生气。

  14. Clay minerals of brown earth and drab soil in Shandong Province

    山东省棕壤和褐土的粘土矿物

  15. Women are usually enclosed in a world of drab routine .

    妇女们通常陷于大量的日常琐事之中。

  16. Studies on Buffering Action of Chao Soil and Lime Drab Soil

    潮土和石灰性褐土缓冲性能研究

  17. The Development and Present Situation of Brown Earth and Drab Soil in the Mountain Regions of Beijing

    北京地区棕壤与褐土研究工作的发展及现状

  18. Effect of parent materials on drab soils in northwestern hilly region of Beijing

    北京西北部山丘地区成土母质对褐土的影响

  19. We went into the drab old building .

    我们走进那栋单调乏味的古老建筑物。

  20. 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?

  21. There are many drab houses in the smoky mining town .

    冒烟的矿城内有许多土褐色的房子。

  22. The life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab .

    一个从未做过任何事的人的生活是索然无味的。

  23. Effect of Acid Materials on Phosphorous Adsorbing Ability of Wheat in Calcareous Drab Soil

    酸性物质对石灰性褐土上小麦吸磷能力的影响

  24. Effect of Mixing Silicon with Phosphate to the Forms of Inorganic Phosphorus in Drab Soil

    硅磷混施对褐土无机磷形态的影响

  25. Within Cuba life had settled into a drab routine .

    在古巴国内,生活已变成一套干巴巴的公式。

  26. 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。

  27. Don 't wear blue tonight , it 's too drab .

    今晚不要穿蓝色衣服,显得太单调。

  28. On the whole , the campaign was a drab affair .

    总的来说,这次选举单调乏味。

  29. In the North , they tend to be dark and drab .

    在北方,这些蛇会倾向于变成黑色或者浅褐色。

  30. 28 . Several years ago , Chinese streets were filled with people wearing identical drab clothing .

    许多年前,中国大街上的人都穿一样的灰褐色衣服。