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。
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown 同义词:olive drab,
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,
of a light brownish green color 同义词:olive-drab,
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,
例句与用法
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His hands had been drab all night . 他的牌运始终没有一点起色。
2.
On the whole, the campaign was a drab affair . 总的来说,这次选举单调乏味。
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They seemed to be a drab assortment of mediocrities . 他们看起来象一批毫不起眼的碌碌庸才。
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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。
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I knew it all, the whole drab compass of marital disillusion . 我清楚地知道婚姻幻灭的单调乏味的境界。
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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?
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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