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drab

英 [dr?b] 美[dr?b]
  • adj. 單調(diào)的;土褐色的
  • n. 淺褐色;無生氣;邋遢;小額
  • vt. 使無生氣
  • vi. 嫖妓
  • n. (Drab)人名;(匈)德勞布;(法)德拉布

英英釋意


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