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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