n. 1.灰黄色,淡褐色。 2.【纺织;印染】淡褐色厚呢。 3.单调,乏味,死气沉沉。 短语和例子 the drab of country life 蛰居乡间的单调生活。adj. 1.淡褐色的。 2.单调的。 短语和例子 a drab life 单调的生活。adv. -ly ,-ness n.n. 1.邋遢女人。 2.淫妇;妓女。vi. 嫖妓。
What do you find to attract you in this poor drab little country ? 这个单调破败的小天地还有什么吸引你们的地方吗?
The train moved slowly south through flat, drab main-line scenery . 火车穿过干线两侧风景单调乏味的地区,缓慢地向南驶去。
At the drab wooden house in which she lived he said good night briefly and amiably . 到了她住的那幢黄褐色的木头房子前,他简短而友好地道了晚安。
Their subjects may have been drab or driven by greed, but they were above all else human beings with will, spirit, and purpose . 他们作品中的人物可能单调乏味,或者被贪婪所驱使,但他们首先是具有意志、精神和目的的人。
My misfortune was to be born in a drab age 但很不幸,我出生在一个单调乏味的年代
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown 同义词:olive drab
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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" 同义词:blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drear, dreary
lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" 同义词:sober, somber, sombre
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" 同义词:dreary